script this, On Friday July 26, 2002 03:24, you said something about: > i've just installed a second hard drive, it's auto > detected, etc. i edited lilo.conf to be sure lilo is > run from the master boot record of the master drive > and to be sure lilo gives me the option to boot into > w2k. > then i issue the "lilo" command, and it says 'added > linux added win'. > > right? then i shutdown -r now and hope for the best. > i get the lilo menu with linux and win, i select win, > and i get a 'loading windows' message but nothing > happens....
Windows has the odd assumption that no one would want to run another OS and that it should always be the first drive. So you have to "trick" it by remapping the bios parameters (see below). > <snip> > > and see lilo.conf: > > prompt > timeout=50 > default=linux > boot=/dev/hda > map=/boot/map > install=/boot/boot.b > message=/boot/message > linear > > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.7-10 > label=linux > initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.7-10.img > read-only > root=/dev/hda2 > append="hdd=ide-scsi" > > other=/dev/hdb1 > label=win Try this instead... other=/dev/hdb1 optional label=win table=/dev/hdb map-drive = 0x80 to = 0x81 map-drive = 0x81 to = 0x80 -- Brian Ashe CTO Dee-Web Software Services, LLC. [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list