correct
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Mark
/ * Sometimes it becomes necessary to rock the boat
* in order to get the rats up from below decks
* so they can be kicked over the side and drowned!
*
* REGISTERED LINUX USER # 182496
*/
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On Mon, 4 Dec 2000 Mr Monster had this to say!
> Hi
>
> I think ive been here before .... Im running W98 and Mandrake 7.2 on my
> machine...
>
> I had problems with Lilo beyond the 1024th cylinder on my second H/D.....
> If I can remember Lilo has to be installed on the MBR of the first hard disk
> (C:\)
> I think its meant to be installed on /dev/hda1...???
>
>
> monster
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave DeGear" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: 03 December 2000 23:35
> Subject: [newbie] Dual Boot
>
>
> > I have a dual boot computer with W2K and Mandrake 7.2 on it. The Windows
> > boots from drive C: and the Mandrake is on /dev/hdb5 . When it was
> > installing I was asked which drive the Linux was booting from and I said
> > /dev/hdb5. I then made a backup boot disk for the Linux. The problem is
> > that my computer will only boot Linux from the floppy and if I try to boot
> > it from the Lilo in the MBR I get an error message that /dev/hdb5 is not
> > bootable. How do I make my Linux partition bootable so that I won't need
> to
> > use the rescue diskette to boot it. Both W2K and Linux show up as options
> > in the lilo menu. I have checked the lilo.conf to make sure that the
> Linux
> > is pointing to /dev/hdb5 and have rerun lilo several times.
> >
> > Thanks. ...Dave
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
