Re: Dual boot boot disk problems

[ABrady <kcsmart kc rr com>]

On Sat, 01 Jun 2002 22:15:39 -0400
mwvonlehe netscape net wrote:

Sorry to toppost. I think he was trying to say he had a second drive.
That would be hdbX.

I may be wrong, though.

> Hmmmm... This has never happened to me, but I have had to overcome
> many other boot problems. If you get any linux boot floppy try this at
> the linux: prompt (This is called passing parameters to the kernel.)
> 
> Linux: root=/dev/hda1
> 
> if that doesn't work then try on the next boot attempt at the linux
> prompt
> 
> root=/dev/hda2
> 
> and so on until you hit the correct partition for root.
> 
> Once you choose the proper hdax where x=1,2,3,4,5 then you should boot
> up.
> 
> It will probably be hda3 or hda4...
> 
> After you boot up at a terminal window type lilo -v -v and that should
> fix the LILO boot loader. Then do a mkbootdisk command to match your
> kernel. I think it is 
> 
> mkbootdisk /dev/fd0 2.4.3-7
> 
> This is assuming that your kernel is the old 2.4.2-7? Sorry but I am
> not on a linux box so I can't look up the exact kernel or mkbootdisk
> command. Can somebody help us out? I will be looking in later and if I
> see a reply to this e-mail I will make the appropriate corrections
> once I am able to get on my linux box...
> 
> Mike
> 
> 
> "Aidan Whitehall" <aidan thenetprofits co uk> wrote:
> 
> >C:\ = 6Gb with Windows 2000 Professional (NTFS)
> >D:\ = 4Gb, 1Gb = NTFS, 3Gb = RedHat 7.1 (installed today)
> >
> >During the installation, I selected the option that doesn't put Lilo
> >on the MBR. A boot disk was created but when rebooted, the PC
> >reported:
> >
> >: Loading vmlinuz......
> >: Boot failed. Please change disks and press a key to continue.
> >
> >Is that a bad disk? I've been trying (and failing miserably) to
> >create a boot disk (I guess that's the next step) using another PC
> >that's running RedHat 7.1 going on instructions found on the web
> >(below), and everything's OK until the lilo command.
> >
> >fdformat /dev/fd0H1440 # Lay tracks on new diskette
> >mkfs -t minix /dev/fd0 1440 # Create minix file system on floppy
> >mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy # Mount floppy
> >cp -p /boot/chain.b /mnt/floppy # Copy chain loader
> >cp -p /boot/boot* /mnt/floppy
> >lilo -v -C /etc/lilo.floppy # Install lilo and the map onto floppy
> >umount /mnt/floppy
> >
> >The last line but one returns the message "/etc/lilo.floppy: No such
> >file or directory". Am I going down the right track? Is that line
> >intended to copy lilo and the /etc/lilo.conf file from one PC onto
> >the floppy?
> >
> >And if you make a boot disk using a PC that doesn't have a Windows
> >partition, do you have to edit the lilo.conf file on the floppy so
> >that when used in the PC running W2K Pro, it points to the correct
> >partition on the D: drive?
> >
> >
> >Thanks for any help you can offer!
> >
> >--
> >Aidan
> >
> >
> >
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