Em Ter, 2002-02-12 às 20:34, Jeff escreveu: > Robin Rowe, 2002-Feb-12 11:00 -0800: > > Hi. I need to install Win2k on a PC that has only logical partitions > > available. > > > > /dev/hda1 Linux > > /dev/hda2 Swap > > /dev/hda3 Win2k > > /dev/hda4 Extended > > /dev/hda5 Linux > > /dev/hda6 Win2k (new) > > > > I can't get LILO to boot the second Win2k partition. It just hangs there > > with no error message. If I use table=/dev/hda in my lilo.conf 'other' spec > > then lilo objects "Fatal: Partition entry not found." It seems that LILO > > doesn't like to boot Win2k from logical partitions, although ntldr, > > reportedly xosl, and maybe grub will. Is there a fix to make LILO do this? > > > > I couldn't find a LILO mailing list to ask this question. Is there one? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Robin > > From what I've heard, Windows has to be within the first 1024 > blocks of the HDD to be able to boot. I don't know why, and I > assume this goes for all versions of Windows. What probably is > happening is LILO is handing off to the hda6 partition to boot > and W2K is sayin' "nah-uh, can't do it". > > If this is indeed the case, you're going to need to move Windows > closer to the front of the HDD. >
As far as I know Windows can only boot from a primary partition. Since you have more then 4 partitions some must be secondary partition: you won t be able to boot windows from them. I am not even sure that you can toggle the bootable flag on a secondary partition? Michel.