The best way to use lilo in this case is to make a small partition at the
very beginning of the hard drive (lets say 10Mo but that is at least 5
times what is really needed) and to mount it under /boot with linux. Put
your kernel images there and lilo will work nice even if the root
partition of linux begins after cylinder 1024.
-----Message d'origine-----
De: George Mandella [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Date: jeudi 30 juillet 1998 18:30
À: Jodoin, Dominic
Cc: linux newbie list
Objet: Re: LILO vs LOADLIN
I just did this recently. I originally tried doing a combination
installing LILO on the superblock of the Linux root partition instead of
the master boot partition (it's one of your options during Linux install
-
at least with RedHat) and then using a commercial multiple OS loader like
System Commander to boot LILO there. That didn't fly as apparently LILO
can only be booted if it lives below cylinder 1024, meaning that your
first
windows partition can only be about 520MB. Hell, Windows needs 520 MB
just
to be able to open Windows Explorer :) Loadlin doesn't have that
limitation. Check out the excellent mini-howto below. It worked for me
like a charm. Hope this helps.
http://sunsite.uen.org/LDP/HOWTO/mini/Loadlin+Win95.html
George
At 09:52 AM 7/30/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Can anyone explain to me the difference between LILO and loadlin. I'm
looking forward to install Winbloze95 and Linux (maybe Slackware) on my
machine and would like to dual boot. Any help would be appreciated...
>
>THK
>
>/Dominic Jodoin
>
