[K12OSN] second drive lilo question

[Rob Owens]

This is kinda off topic for this list, so don't feel bad if nobody answers you.  There are probably better places to get this kind of info.

I'm no expert, so I'll just show you my lilo.conf file.  My setup is different than yours, but maybe it'll give you some clues.  Windows is on the 1st partition of my only hard drive (for some reason my only hard drive is hdb).  Linux is on the same hard drive in a later partition.

This file was generated by Mandrake.  It contains a lot of redundant junk that was put there when I upgraded versions, and I haven't had time to sort through it yet.  The only boot choices I ever make are "linux" and "windows".

-Rob

# File generated by DrakX/drakboot
# WARNING: do not forget to run lilo after modifying this file

default="linux"
boot=/dev/hdb
map=/boot/map
keytable=/boot/us.klt
prompt
nowarn
timeout=100
message=/boot/message
menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
disk=/dev/hdb bios=0x80
image=/boot/vmlinuz
	label="linux"
	root=/dev/hdb6
	initrd=/boot/initrd.img
	append="acpi=ht resume=/dev/hdb8 splash=0"
	vga=788
	read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
	label="linux-nonfb"
	root=/dev/hdb6
	initrd=/boot/initrd.img
	append="acpi=ht resume=/dev/hdb8 splash=0"
	read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.3-7mdk
	label="263-7"
	root=/dev/hdb6
	initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.3-7mdk.img
	append="devfs=mount acpi=ht resume=/dev/hdb8 splash=silent"
	vga=788
	read-only
other=/dev/hdb1
	label="windows"
	table=/dev/hdb
other=/dev/fd0
	label="floppy"
	unsafe
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.3-7mdk
	label="alt_263-7"
	root=/dev/hdb6
	initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.3-7mdk.img
	append="devfs=mount acpi=ht resume=/dev/hdb8 splash=silent"
	read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz-smp
	label="linux-smp"
	root=/dev/hdb6
	initrd=/boot/initrd-smp.img
	append="devfs=mount acpi=ht resume=/dev/hdb8 splash=silent"
	read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
	label="failsafe"
	root=/dev/hdb6
	initrd=/boot/initrd.img
	append="failsafe acpi=ht resume=/dev/hdb8 splash=0"
	read-only



 --- On Wed 02/02, anthony baldwin < anthonybaldwin at snet.net > wrote:
From: anthony baldwin [mailto: anthonybaldwin at snet.net]
To: k12osn at redhat.com
Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2005 16:22:56 -0500
Subject: Re: [K12OSN] second drive lilo question

anthony baldwin wrote:<br>> I tried to send a msg earlier, but don't see it.<br>> Anyway, I had an extra 15gb drive, so installed XP on it, for use<br>> in my present part-time job (need devtools that are M$ specific).<br>> I installed the drive as hdb, installed XP on it,<br>> editied lilo.conf by adding<br>> <br>> other: /dev/hdb2<br>> name: msxp<br>> table: /dev/hdb<br>> <br>> I've tried with<br>> other: /dev/hdb1<br>> but that wasn't sure if that made sense to me, since XP is on the second <br>> partition of that drive, although, I am assuming that XP did rewrite the <br>> MBR on that drive, and hdb1 would be the boot sector.<br>> Nonetheless, that configuration didn't work, either.<br>> I can reboot my Linux fine, of course, but, presently, the only way I <br>> can boot the XP drive is to halt the system, pull the plug on the main <br>> drive (my k12 installation) and boot from the second hdd.<br>> I did re-run lilo to compile with the new settings each time.<br>> <br>>!
 When I give Lilo the command to boot msxp<br>> the machine just hangs, and hangs, and hangs, and does nothing.<br>> for a long time.<br>> regardless of whic of these configurations I've tried.<br>> So, I'm assuming that something I told it was incorrect and it's<br>> not finding the XP to boot it.<br>> <br>> hda is linux<br>> hdb is XP<br>> <br>> gracias, mis amigos.<br>> <br>> tony<br>> <br><br><br>I have been able to mount the windows drive (had to dl kernel-ntfs support).<br>mount /dev/hdb2 /mnt/windope -t ntfs<br>But, I still can't get lilo to boot it.<br>So, I know it's there, but it won't boot from Lilo.<br>I can boot it by disconnecting the first drive.<br><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> K12OSN mailing list<br>> K12OSN at redhat.com<br>> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/k12osn<br>> For more info see <http://www.k12os.org><br>> <br><br>_______________________________________________<br>K12OSN mailing list<br>K12OSN at redhat.com<br>https://!
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