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Re: boot loader question



little wrote:
from where you get so much of time ?
LILO/grub can only be installed on first disk

No, they can be installed on ANY disk and in ANY partition. They can only be used as the RAW boot loader from the first disk.

you didnt mentioned which disk is primary master ??
and root or boot partition should be before 1024 cylinders of the first disk
----- Original Message -----
From: "Faraj George Isa" <gfaraj neo tamu edu>
To: <redhat-install-list redhat com>
Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2002 2:55 AM
Subject: boot loader question



Here is my issue: I have 2 hard drives, one for windows xp and another for
linux. Yesterday I installed my linux drive and started installation. When
it asked me where to install the boot loader, i installed grub in my linux
hard drive. When installation was complete i rebooted and saw that my
computer could not boot from my linux hard drive, so I tried installing
linux again. This time i chose to install lilo in the master hard drive

(the


win xp HD). Installation finished and rebooted, but this time an "L"
appeared in the top-left corner of the screen (which i guess stands for
lilo). But it didnt let me type anything, the computer stayed there

forever,


until i pressed the ctrl-alt-del to reboot. This time i tried to install
linux again and use grub instead. The only difference was that instead of
an "L" it said "GRUB" and nothing happened. And now I couldn't get into
Windows! I had a big problem. Well, I ended installing windows again to
erase the boot sector, and everything worked out with WinXP. But now I

have


to insert a boot disk to start linux, and I dont want that, I want to have

a


boot loader there. Anyone could help me with this please? btw. i am using
redhat linux 7.3 downloaded from www.redhat.com.

Thanks!
George Faraj



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