Actually I did post my /etc/lilo.conf file earlier today. If you didn't receive it through this list let me know and I'll repost it.
Ivan. At 03:15 PM 12/17/01 +0000, you wrote: >Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed >X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by >smtp.mandrakesoft.com id fBHFHJtC011754 > > >Post your LILO file > >But I had something somewhat like your error when setting up two HD with >two different ditros. > >HDA is my e-smith(firewall) and I have Mandrake on HDB. When installing >mandrake on hdb it wrote the to mbr of hda. I would get those 01010101000 >messages at boot time. What I needed to do was boot using a bootfloppy, >into HDA, run lilo and that fix the problem. But what I had to do to boot >from both HD's was to copy the /BOOT from hdb to a tmp directory on hda >and fix the lilo.conf file hda to read the correct files for mandrake, but >did indicate that harddrive for mandrake was hdb instead of hda. Run lilo >again and all is well. I can boot into hda or hdb. > >I think the problem is that in the install of mandrake it ASSUMES that >it's been installed HDA and not HDB, so when it created the lilo boot it >didn't so any error checking that the image files and kernals are not >found in hda. > >If you can swap drives, so that Linux will become hda and windowz hdb. > >>From: Ivan Offalich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Subject: Re: [newbie] LILO issues with 2 hard drives. >>Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 08:56:55 -0600 >> >>In addition to my previous post... >>Here are my boot options from my BIOS. >>First Boot Device: Floppy >>Second Boot Device: Hard Disk >>Third Boot Device: Disabled >>Fourth Boot Device: Disabled >> >>The only possible choices to set these to are: >>Disabled >>Floppy >>Hard Disk >>Network >> >>As I had mentioned in my previous post there isn't a way to set any of >>these to the second hard drive. Setting it to "Hard Disk" assumes that the >>Primary Master is the boot drive. This is the newest version available for >>my BIOS. >> >>If any additional information can be of help, please let me know, >>Ivan. >> >> >>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >>Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Join the world's largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. >http://www.hotmail.com > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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