You still didn't say what the problem was. Are you getting errors?
The lilo.conf that you quoted below writes LILO to /dev/hda6, and *NOT*
the MBR of hda. Also, it indicates that you keep your kernel(s) in /
instead of /boot.
--- Ken Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> OK, here's some info....
>
> Disk /dev/hda: 240 heads, 63 sectors, 840 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hda1 * 1 271 2048728+ b Win95 FAT32
> /dev/hda2 272 840 4301640 5 Extended
> /dev/hda5 272 289 136048+ 82 Linux swap
> /dev/hda6 290 561 2056288+ 83 Linux native
> /dev/hda7 562 840 2109208+ 83 Linux native
>
> hda6 is Slackware 8
> hda7 is unused, formated ext2
>
> I used Parrtition magic to repartition, and only hda1 shows in
> Bootmagic
> boot menu. PM has a convert menu that allows conversion to primary,
> but
> hda6 doesn't have that option. Hda7 does, for some reason. I didn't
> install lilo during setup of slack, using a boot disk (works fine
> using
> "mount root=/dev/hda6 vga=791"), but wanted to add lilo and have these
> partitions show up in Bootmagic, or just install lilo to mbr and use
> that
> for everything.
> I did install lilo to hda6, here's lilo.conf
>
> # LILO configuration file
> # generated by 'liloconfig'
> #
> # Start LILO global section
> lba32 # Allow booting past 1024th cylinder with a recent BIOS
> boot = /dev/hda6
> #compact # faster, but won't work on all systems.
> delay = 50
> # VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x64k
> vga = 791
>
> [ SNIP ]
>
> # ramdisk = 0 # paranoia setting
> # End LILO global section
> # Linux bootable partition config begins
> image = /vmlinuz
> root = /dev/hda6
> label = Linux1
> read-only # Non-UMSDOS filesystems should be mounted read-only for
> checking
> # Linux bootable partition config ends
> # DOS bootable partition config begins
> other = /dev/hda1
> label = Win95
> table = /dev/hda
> # DOS bootable partition config ends
>
>
> On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 09:06:02 -0700 (PDT)
> Net Llama <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > --- Ken Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > I have a ext2 partition, hda6, that doesn't show up in Bootmagic.
> It
> > > has
> > > Slack8 on it, and I can boot it using a boot disk. It's the second
> > > logical
> > > partition on the second primary partition, dual boot system with
> >
> > hda6 ?
> >
> > > win95.
> > > Can I make this bootable somehow? I have tried installing lilo on
> it,
> > > to
> > > no avail.
> > > Thanks .... again ....... errors?
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