kawet wrote:

> Hi everybody!
> My computer used to work perfectly fine, and then a few days ago it
> doesn't want to boot anymore and I get this message "SBMK Bad!". I have
> no idea what this means and went looking on the web to see that it has
> something to do with Smart Boot Manager...
> Before, I had a menu to choose whether I wanted XP, Me or Linux to
> launch when my computer started but I did not install this myself and I
> would like to know if I can get rid of that "menu" if that could be the
> problem related to SBMK Bad? I managed to launch my XP thanks to a boot
> floppy disk but would like to get rid of that error message.
> Can anybody help me with this? I am really lost!
> Thanks a lot!!!
> kawet
Ah, the infamous "SMBK Bad!" message. Yes, that's from Smart Boot Manager.
Apparently, it was installed on the master boot record of your hard drive,
and the menu is SMB asking which boot loader you wish to load.

Linux usually boots from either grub or lilo ... you most likely have one
of these already in your linux install. Either can put up a boot menu
that allows you to boot a selected o/s. For sure, the list includes
linux, ME, DOS ... and probably XP as well. So one option is to install
grub or lilo in the mbr and use it. The other option is to put XP's
boot thingy back in the mbr and have it provide the boot menu. I don't
do windows, but I'm sure there are others here who can help with this
option. Option 3: download SBM and re-install it on the hard drive to
restore things as they were before you broke the SMBK.

So how would you like to proceed?

Roby