hmmnn... i remember that somebody already mentioned that windows stops checking for partitions on the first non-recognized partition and in your case that will be the first partition occupied by linux. but in my meager understanding, lilo was supposed to point to the bootable partition so windows should identify the second partition as the 'first partition' relatively. I know windows 'need' to be on one of the primary partitions of the first drive so that's another dead end.
this is the part when i shut up and let others with experience come in. ;-) ciao! Doug Lerner wrote: > Hi, > > No - I didn't do anything special. I started out with two partitions on > my hard drive. The first one contained Windows 98 and the second > contained Windows 2000. I decided to keep the Win 2000 partition so I > clicked on the first partition, deleted it and then pressed auto- > allocate. When I did that the Mandrake installer allocated Linux > partitions to the area left by the first partition. > > If the Installer had said something like "Warning: if you want to keep > Windows make sure to keep it in the first partition" I would have kept > the Windows 98 and deleted the Windows 2000 partition. > > doug > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Wednesday, December 26, 2001): > > > > >hi, > > > > just curious, did you do something special with the way you > partitioned your > >harddisk? your linux boot image points out to hda5 which is the first logical > >partition but your windows entry points out to hda2. i know that this is > >normal > >on some circumstances especially if the disk is a product of Ghost or > >something > >similar but here in the office 9 windows pc broke down due to some > >problem with > >Ghost. > > > > as i have said, this is just to satisfy my curiosity and no help is > included > >;-) > > > >ciao! > > > >Doug Lerner wrote: > > > >> This is my lilo.conf. I am not familiar with lilo. Does anybody see > >> anything I might try before trying the more radical idea of starting over > >> with both Windows and Linux? > >> > >> boot=/dev/hda > >> map=/boot/map > >> install=/boot/boot.b > >> vga=normal > >> default=linux > >> keytable=/boot/jp106.klt > >> lba32 > >> prompt > >> timeout=50 > >> message=/boot/message > >> menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw > >> image=/boot/vmlinuz > >> label=linux > >> root=/dev/hda5 > >> append=" devfs=mount" > >> read-only > >> image=/boot/vmlinuz > >> label=failsafe > >> root=/dev/hda5 > >> append=" devfs=mount failsafe" > >> read-only > >> other=/dev/hda2 > >> label=windows > >> table=/dev/hda > >> > >> Thanks, > >> > >> doug > >> > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tuesday, December 25, 2001): > >> > >> >On Tuesday 25 December 2001 04:07 am, you wrote: > >> >> I would actually like to figure out how make Windows *bootable* > again. It > >> >> doesn't seem to boot even if I choose the "Windows" option from the > >> >> startup screen. > >> >> > >> > > >> >Maybe, post your lilo.conf > >> >Also explain which drine/partition windows is on. > >> >We might see something, else its difficult to help > >> > > >> >Gerald > >> > > >> >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 > > > >-- > > > >"Programming, an artform that fights back." > > > >============================= > >Anuerin G. Diaz > >Design Engineer > >Millennium Software, Incorporated > >25/F Equitable-PCI Tower > >ADB Avenue cor. Poveda St. > >Ortigas Center, Pasig City > > > >Tel# 638-3070 loc. 72 > >Fax# 638-3079 > >============================= > > > > > > > >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 -- "Programming, an artform that fights back." ============================= Anuerin G. Diaz Design Engineer Millennium Software, Incorporated 25/F Equitable-PCI Tower ADB Avenue cor. Poveda St. Ortigas Center, Pasig City Tel# 638-3070 loc. 72 Fax# 638-3079 =============================
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