Ivan Offalich wrote: > > I looked all over the Linux Documentation Project website for this > information. I couldn't seem to find it anywhere so I was hoping someone > could help me with it on this list. > > I'll explain my situation. > > I have two hard drives installed on my computer. > hda is dedicated to Windoze. > hdc is dedicated to Linux. > When I install Linux (I've gone through the process a few times) it has me > choose between LILO and GRUB. I have chosen LILO since I've read more about > it than GRUB and I have a better understand of how it works. > After installing and booting up, I get the choice of booting Linux-Secure, > Linux, Linux Failsafe, or Windoze. Everything works fine like it should. > When I installed I tried both the normal boot and also the nicer looking > boot (the equivalent of "vga=791" in the config. file), they both worked fine. > > The trouble comes afterwards. > I edited my /etc/lilo.conf file, saved it, and then typed "lilo" into the > shell. > It returned a confirmation that the file was edited properly. > When I restarted my computer the BIOS went through its normal checks and > when it got to the "OS Loading..." part the screen starts filling with "01 > 00 01 00 01 00 01 00 01" etc. > > I understood that this meant my MBR was corrupted, so I did a fdisk /mbr > from my DOS bootdisk. This allowed me to get into Windoze normally and I > could of course get into Linux using my Linux bootdisk. I restored the > /etc/lilo.conf file to its original condition and typed "lilo" once more. > When I restarted my computer the next time I got the same 1s and 0s. > > Considering that I took much care into editing the /etc/lilo.conf file > originally, this leads me to believe that it wasn't the result of a typo in > the file. > > What it does lead me to believe is that the installation process writes to > the MBR differently than LILO does from Linux. I'm not sure if that's the > case though. It's also possible that I'm doing something wrong somehow that > I don't realize. Is it possible that hda isn't being mounted properly > before it's being written to? Does the fact that the drive is used for > Windoze make a difference in this case? Is there something else I'm > overlooking here? > > I'd appreciate any help that anyone can offer to fix this problem. I'd like > to be able to boot into Linux without a floppy disk again and be able to > use LILO properly. > > Ivan. >
Ivan, have you told lilo.conf, that it should boot windows from drive hda and linux from drive hdc ? Regards Kaj Haulrich
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