[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Fox) wrote:
> Ok, here goes: Asus A7V MB, IBM 30 Gig on Promise ATA controller, IBM 20
> Gig on onboard controller.
> Everything boots from the Promise controller (ATA/100) including BootMagic.
>
> LM 7.2 installed flawlessly on the /dev/hde device (same one) but when I do
> lilo -v , I get a Warning: /dev/hde is not on the first disk. The
> documentation says: "The specified partition is probably not on the first
> disk. LILO's boot secotr canonly be booted from the first disk unless some
> special boot manager is used."
>
> I'm assuming the "spacial boot manager" would be BootMagic - which finds
yes, exactly.
> the Linux partition and tries to boot it - in which I only get LI.
>
> How do I force Linux to NOT see the /dev/hde as the second drive but as the
> first - and visa-versa for the /dev/hda?
I'm really confused - how come /dev/hda is also called /dev/hde?
Can you 'reach' that drive (under linux) as both /dev/hda and /dev/hde?
What with Lilo's paranoia about things being the same (which I REALLY
wish I could turn off sometimes!), if something in the system is
changing /dev/hda into /dev/hde (and back) while LILO is trying to
do stuff - well, my gut instict is 'youre hosed unless you can convince
that daemon (probably spelled 'demon'!) to stop moving the hard drive
around.
But its just a gut feeling, so hopefully I'm wrong....
rc
p.s. - went back and read that big paragraph 3 para's back - yikes! - I
hope folks understood/understand that! Email me off-list if you want
it in english ;-)
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