Hi there, I had the same problem a while ago. Apparently, this was caused by a feature introduced in lilo 21.6 (or so). Still haven't found out what feature, though. Anyway, the solution that worked for me is to include the following lines in /etc/lilo.conf:
# Override dangerous defaults that rewrite the partition table: change-rules reset Hope it helps. /Branko On Tue, 2004-07-27 at 15:50, Karl Landsteiner wrote: > I recently upgraded from woody to sarge on my laptop. > It did not work as smooth as it should do. > > I am left with two problems: > > I had the appearently well-known problem, that lilo > hung at LI.... > (probably my mistake because I forgot to run lilo after the upgrade) > I got around this by booting with a sarge installation disc and running > lilo from there. > Now I have another, probably connected problem: > I have a small vfat-partition at /dev/hda2 to copy > data from the NTFS-XP partion to the linux system. > However, everytime I boot into XP the vfat partion > is somhow hidden! > I tried to unhide many, many times in XP using Partion Magic > and in Linux using cfdisk. I can of course mount the > vfat partion under linux, but XP always hides it. > > > > > > -- > NEU: WLAN-Router fr 0,- EUR* - auch fr DSL-Wechsler! > GMX DSL = supergnstig & kabellos http://www.gmx.net/de/go/dsl > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
