Re: dual boot

[bill jehle <billj brandx net>]

>u can add the section below to
> your lilo.conf and rerun lilo.
> 
> other=/dev/hdb1
>     table=/dev/hdb
>     loader=/boot/os2_d.b
>     label=Win95
>     alias=w

OK enough with the bad edit job :=} 
 Mark I added that to lilo.conf and ran it. I now have RH6 as master on hda
just like your previous post, and Win 95 on hdb as slave. I ran lilo and -v -v
gets this message...

Reading boot sector from /dev/hda
Merging with /boot/boot.b
Secondary loader: 8 sectors.
Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.5-15
Setup length is 7 sectors.
Mapped 1208 sectors.
Added linux *
Boot other: /dev/hdb1, on /dev/hdb, loader /boot/os2_d.b
First sector of /dev/hdb1 doesn't have a valid boot signature
Removed temporary file /boot/map~  

What does this mean? 
Also when I startup now Win boots immediately without giving me a lilo prompt.
(and then I have to do that incessant clicking to close it down, you know what
I mean :-) And linux will boot  only and fine and dandy With my boot disc. Why
won't it and Win boot from the boot prompt. 

> The "down" side of having the the Windows disk as Master is that the MBR is
> no longer a Windows one but the lilo one. This means that to boot either
> system you have to boot through lilo. This isn't really a problem -it just
> feels less conservative. As long as you have boot floppies for both systems
> you can access them in an emergency and undo any changes. If you want to go
> this route let me know and I'll suggest a way to achieve this. It was a
> little tricky the first time I did it. To my mind this is the better way to
> go as you get a little more functionality, ie you can reinstall Win95
> if/when necessary.

I was thinking if that turns out to be a problem  I'll just unplug hda.
Thanks to you and to Jim for the help I hope you have a great Christmas.
Thanks--bill

> It isn't as bad as it seems!
> 
> Good luck
> 
> Mark

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Bill Jehle
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