answer... you NEED the cd and dvd on the same IDE channel, and you NEED to use the slowest common speed (ie dma33) on each channel, and you NEED the ata 100 (special) ide cable On Monday 17 December 2001 15:26, you wrote: > I did go to thearchive of the mailing list and didn't see it. Repost it > please. > > 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 14:01:05 -0600 > > > >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 > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > _________________________________________________________________ > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx
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