Re: Unable to dual boot using LILO nor GRUB with Win98

[Mike Watson <mikew crucis net>]

See below and Thanks for the response...

Jan Carlson wrote:
> 
> Also show us /etc/fstab and "fdisk -l" output.
> 
> Meanwhile...
> 
> 1. When you added hdd, did you move or rejumper any of the other drives?
> If you did, you will need to adjust /etc/fstab, and make sure that the
> proper /boot is mounted before you proceed.

The box was originally just Win98.  I installed the two new drives and then
installed RH7.2 fresh.  The only /boot is on hdb
> 
> 2. What command did you run to install grub in the MBR, and what exactly
> does it report?
> 
As I remember, it was just as you indicated below---
grub --install /dev/hda
> This is what works for me - First make sure that the proper /boot
> partition is mounted, then run:
> 
>         grub-install /dev/hda           [ NOT HDA1 ! ]
> 
> 3. Did you have a separate /boot partition mounted during the install
> process *AND* when you ran grub-install?  If not, it could use a /boot
> *directory* within root, which could be your problem.
> 
> 4. Some bioses just refuse to cooperate unless you have an active
> (bootable) primary partition on the first or second drive, in your
> case probably /dev/hda1.  Is hda1 active?

Yes. Here's the partition layout for HDA...

Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 2220 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes

   Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1   *         1       256   2056288+   6  FAT16
/dev/hda2           257      2219  15767797+   f  Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hda5           257       512   2056288+   6  FAT16
/dev/hda6           513       768   2056288+   6  FAT16
/dev/hda7           769      1024   2056288+   6  FAT16
/dev/hda8          1025      1280   2056288+   6  FAT16
/dev/hda9          1281      1536   2056288+   6  FAT16
/dev/hda10         1537      1792   2056288+   6  FAT16
/dev/hda11         1793      2048   2056288+   6  FAT16
/dev/hda12         2049      2219   1373526    6  FAT16
> 
The "*" indicates the active or boot partition.

mw