I am going to make the disk first, of course. (Been there, screwed that up!)
I don't know squat about setting things in my BIOS, except for the "Setup" screen when you first boot. I don't remember ever seeing something like LBA in it. Is the an editor I can use, and how do I load it? (Forgive me if that is a dumb question). Harry G On Sat June 8 2002 12:07 pm, Net Llama! wrote: > Well, i see you've already got lba32 in your lilo.conf, as that was > going to be my first suggestion. Do you have LBA turned on in the BIOS? > You might be safe, or you might not, but if you have a reliable boot > disk, then it shouldn't matter much. > > Harry G wrote: > > After doing a fresh install of version 8.0 on my dual hard drive dual > > boot machine, I couldn't boot windows, as it > > listed it in lilo as /sdb1. Lilo is in my boot sector on hda, by the > > way. > > > > I changed lilo to: > > > > > > other = /dev/hda1 > > label = Windows98 > > > > And saved it. Ran lilo at the SU prompt, but I get: > > > > linux:/home/harrycg # lilo > > Warning: Int 0x13 function 8 and function 0x48 return different > > head/sector geometries for BIOS drive 0x80 > > Warning: Int 0x13 function 8 and function 0x48 return different > > head/sector geometries for BIOS drive 0x81 > > Added linux * > > Added failsafe > > Added Windows98 > > Added memtest86 > > linux:/home/harrycg # > > > > I am not sure what the warnings mean. I am afraid to restart the system > > until I know what it is telling me. My complete lilo.conf file is listed > > below. > > > > Any ideas? > > > > TIA > > > > Harry G > > > > Contents of lilo.conf > > > > disk = /dev/hda > > bios = 0x80 > > disk = /dev/hdb > > bios = 0x81 > > disk = /dev/sda > > bios = 0x82 > > disk = /dev/sdb > > bios = 0x83 > > boot = /dev/hda > > change-rules > > reset > > read-only > > menu-scheme = Wg:kw:Wg:Wg > > lba32 > > prompt > > timeout = 80 > > message = /boot/message > > > > image = /boot/vmlinuz > > label = linux > > root = /dev/hdb3 > > vga = 791 > > initrd = /boot/initrd > > append = " hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi" > > > > image = /boot/vmlinuz.suse > > label = failsafe > > root = /dev/hdb3 > > vga = 791 > > initrd = /boot/initrd.suse > > append = "ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi" > > optional > > > > other = /dev/hda1 > > label = Windows98 > > > > image = /boot/memtest.bin > > label = memtest86 _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
