Re: Lilo problem

[Feeley <ofeeley yahoo com>]

On Thu, 3 Oct 2002 tianwq37 netscape net wrote:

> Hi,
> 
>  Could soemone help me with lilo problem.
> 
>  My computer has following configure:
> 
> /dev/hda2              4846456   1702144   2898120  38% /     1-613
> /dev/hda1              2044272   1365280    678992  67% /DOSC 614-...
> /dev/hda6              6413412   4029616   2383796  63% /DOSD
> /dev/hda3              6040320    757604   4975876  14% /USER
> none                    192208         0    192208   0% /dev/shm
> 
>  The RH7.2 is installed on hda2 with cylinder 1-613
>   Win98 is installed on hda1 with cylinder 614-...
> 
>  The lilo.conf is:
> 
> prompt
> timeout=50
> default=linux
> boot=/dev/hda2

The above line specifies that the boot loader is in the first sector of
/dev/hda2.  I am assuming that you installed Win98 first:  it will have
its own boot-loader installed on the MBR (master boot record) ie.  
/dev/hda.  On boot up the BIOS will find that Win98 boot loader (boot.ini
possibly?) first and there is no mention in that of other OSes unless you
edited it.  If you want the machine to be aware that there are other OSes
installed you have to let the boot-loader in the MBR have that
information.  You could install LILO to the MBR (/dev/hda) instead of to
/dev/hda2.  Check the dual-boot HOWTO at http://www.tldp.org


> map=/boot/map
> install=/boot/boot.b
> message=/boot/message
> linear
> 
> image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.7-10
>         label=linux
>         initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.7-10.img
>         read-only
>         root=/dev/hda2
>         append="hdd=ide-scsi"
> 
> other=/dev/hda1
>         optional
>         label=Windows
> 
>  
>   Even after launching lilo, only Windows boots each time.
> 
>  Thanks in advance,
> 
>   Wei Quan Tian
> 
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