Re: LILO + WinNT + /dev/hdc Loader Problem

[Kevin Colby <kevinc grainsystems com>]

opfi wrote:
> 
> Hi
> you must install / (root) into either 1st or 2nd partition of your
> HD, otherwise the OS will not boot.
> let me know...
> 
> Dominic

Dominic, please get your terminology straight before you confuse
everyone.  What you're trying to say is (I _think_) correct.
Namely, that you must boot to a drive on the primary IDE interface
(hda or hdb, not hdc or hdd).  However, this has nothing to do
with partitions.  You can boot off any partition, even one in an
extended partition.

I may be wrong on the "hdc doesn't work" call, but I believe
it's come up here before.  Anyone else care to comment?

	- Kevin Colby
	  kevinc grainsystems com


> Sridhar Nimmagadda wrote:
> > Hi ,
> >
> >         I have installed WinNT on a Linux Box on a different disk
> >         drive(/dev/hdc) rather than /dev/hda. I already had dos on
> > hda.
> >         I included the following lines in lilo.conf for NT.
> >
> >         other=/dev/hdc1
> >         label=WinNT
> >         table=/dev/hdc
> >         loader=/boot/chain.b
> >
> >         By default, the loader should be /boot/chain.b . But, If i
> > do not
> >         include the line , I get the error "Must specify LOADER
> > for BIOS
> >         device 0x81" when i run just lilo.
> >
> >         Once I include the line lili runs fine. After rebooting,
> > when i
> >         type the WinNT at the lilo prompt, I get an error "Can't
> > find the
> >         Loader".
> >
> >         The following lines are included for dos in lilo.conf
> >
> >         other=/dev/hda1
> >         label=dos
> >         table=/dev/hda
> >
> > Bye
> >
> > Sridhar
> >
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