> > > > > u sure that that will work ???? > > > > if i turn off the bootable flag from my first hd (win2k running) then i > > wouldnt be able to boot it ??? > >The bootable flag just lets the BIOS know which hard drive to give control >to. It does not effect a partition's ability to boot an OS.
yes - and i want the bios to give control to the first hd on the via controller - because it holds the nt loader - which has an entry for linux (bootsect.lin on my c: drive) > > since i boot my osīs with nt loader - i installed lilo in the root > > partition of the corresponding drive instead of the > > MBR. > >The Win2000 NT Loader is very tenacious-- it's not going to give up control >just because you have LILO installed on another partition. yes - i dont want it to give up control ;) it has an entry for linux anyways - so i should but it up fine..... > > i think there has to be another solution - there were some postings on deja > > that said that there would be a special driver for linux to make it work > > with the promise controller - but up to now i wasnt able to find it.... > >The driver was necessary for 2.2 kernels but the module for running the >Promise ATA100 controller is included with 2.4 kernels (including LM8.x). yes - i wondered about that - since linux was showing up something labeled "promise controller" at bootup..... meanwhile i came across this on usenet : it seems that lilo doesnt know which drive to boot from because the bios doesnt recognize the drive - and thats right - bios cant recognize the drive because its hooked to the promise controller which has its own bios... so how can i solve this prob ? --quay PS : btw - every email of u is coming twice - any reason for this ?
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