Rick Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Sten Anderson wrote: > > > > Sven Garbade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > 1. First, the Linux Loader LILO doesn't work correctly. > > > > > > # LILO configuration file > > > # > > > # Start LILO global section > > > lock > > > boot = /dev/hda > > > > Try boot=/dev/hda2 > > > > You can get the old MBR back with "fdisk /MBR" (the fdisk from DOS) > > > > > Partition table (fdisk): > > > ------------------------ > > > > > > Disk /dev/hda: 64 heads, 63 sectors, 1023 cylinders > > > Units = cylinders of 4032 * 512 bytes > > > > > > Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System > > > /dev/hda1 * 1 1 204 411232+ 6 DOS 16-bit =32M > > > /dev/hda2 205 205 1022 1649088 5 Extended > > > /dev/hda5 * 205 205 245 82624+ 83 Linux native > > > > ^ > > | > > > > Only one partition should be active. With my above suggestion, it > > should be hda2 > > Also. Maybe this is a typo or something, but your /dev/hda2 and > /dev/hda5 seem to be ocupying the same area of the disk.
That is not a typo. The extended partition _includes_ the logical partitions. Here is a print of my _working_ disk layout (from linux fdisk) /dev/hda1 1 1 261 2096451 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M /dev/hda2 * 262 262 524 2112547+ 5 Extended /dev/hda5 262 262 270 72261 82 Linux swap /dev/hda6 271 271 524 2040223+ 83 Linux native I have lilo in the bootsector of /dev/hda2 (an extended partition). > Not to mention > you are wanting to make an extended partion bootable *not* the linux > partition. That is the correct way to do it according to the Lilo manual. You cannot put lilo in the bootsector of a logical partion. In that case lilo must reside in the bootsector of the enclosing extended partition. > Looks to me like your partition table is hosed up. Your > cfdisk printout doesn't even show /dev/hda2. > > boot=/dev/hda is correct if lilo is in the boot sector not the > partition. You are mixing the concepts. /dev/hda is the MBR, not a bootsector. Lilo can reside in the MBR, but the Lilo manual warns against it. - Sten Anderson -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
