Re: Dual boot win98 w/ 2 hard drives
Windows really wants to be the master, I think; in fact, it wants to be on the primary master. My configuration is that the linux drive is the primary master and the windows drive is the secondary master, but LILO remaps the drives when booting windows to make the windows drive the primary on the fly. Here's the relevant section of my /etc/lilo.conf: [snip] other=/dev/hdc1 label=Windows loader = /boot/chain.b map-drive = 0x80 to = 0x81 map-drive = 0x81 to = 0x80 table = /dev/hdc [snip] I had a similar problem as yours; I finally found the answer in a SuSE manual. Of course, now it doesn't matter, as I don't boot into windows anymore.. :) Hope this helps, David Richmond [EMAIL PROTECTED] It worked like a charm. Thank you very much. I don't recall this documented in the lilo man page. I'll have to check again. nick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dual boot win98 w/ 2 hard drives
I currently have 2 hard drives and was trying to set up a dual boot system. The jumpers are propoerly set and the bios recognises them the 40gb is the master with linux. The 16gb is the windows 98. I was using the in a removable hard drive tray configuration but decided to install them both as master and slave. fdisk -l /dev/hdb Disk /dev/hdb: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 2055 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System /dev/hdb1 * 1 2055 16506756c Win95 FAT32 (LBA) charlene:/etc# I read the howto's on the LDP and here is an excerpt from my lilo.conf # Boot up Linux by default. # default=Linux image=/vmlinuz append=video=atyfb:mode:1280x1024:font:SUN12x22 label=Linux read-only # restricted # alias=1 image=/vmlinuz.old label=LinuxOLD read-only optional # restricted # alias=2 # If you have another OS on this machine to boot, you can uncomment the # following lines, changing the device name on the `other' line to # where your other OS' partition is. # other=/dev/hdb label=Windows98 When the prompt comes up I can boot int Linux and LinuxOld but not windows 98. It just hangs. Lilo is on the master harddrives MBR. Is there something I overlooked on the HOWTO's nick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dual boot win98 w/ 2 hard drives
On Fri, 2002-06-28 at 05:50, nick lidakis wrote: Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System /dev/hdb1 * 1 2055 16506756c Win95 FAT32 (LBA) charlene:/etc# --snip-- other=/dev/hdb label=Windows98 You have to specify the partition number in the other line: other=/dev/hdb1 -Alex signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Dual boot win98 w/ 2 hard drives
Alex Malinovich wrote: On Fri, 2002-06-28 at 05:50, nick lidakis wrote: Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System /dev/hdb1 * 1 2055 16506756c Win95 FAT32 (LBA) charlene:/etc# --snip-- other=/dev/hdb label=Windows98 You have to specify the partition number in the other line: other=/dev/hdb1 -Alex -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dual boot win98 w/ 2 hard drives
Alex Malinovich wrote: On Fri, 2002-06-28 at 05:50, nick lidakis wrote: Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System /dev/hdb1 * 1 2055 16506756c Win95 FAT32 (LBA) charlene:/etc# --snip-- other=/dev/hdb label=Windows98 You have to specify the partition number in the other line: other=/dev/hdb1 -Alex I made the changes: other=/dev/hdb1 label=Windows98 Ran lilo, rebooted, and the machine still hangs . nick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dual boot win98 w/ 2 hard drives
nick lidakis wrote: Alex Malinovich wrote: On Fri, 2002-06-28 at 05:50, nick lidakis wrote: Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System /dev/hdb1 * 1 2055 16506756c Win95 FAT32 (LBA) charlene:/etc# --snip-- other=/dev/hdb label=Windows98 You have to specify the partition number in the other line: other=/dev/hdb1 -Alex I made the changes: other=/dev/hdb1 label=Windows98 Ran lilo, rebooted, and the machine still hangs . nick If I'm not mistaken, Win98 insists on being in the first partition on the first drive (e.g. /dev/hda1). Kent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dual boot win98 w/ 2 hard drives
If I'm not mistaken, Win98 insists on being in the first partition on the first drive (e.g. /dev/hda1). Kent So I would have to physically switch the drives (and jumpers) around? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dual boot win98 w/ 2 hard drives
On Friday 28 June 2002 03:50 am, nick lidakis wrote: I currently have 2 hard drives and was trying to set up a dual boot system. The jumpers are propoerly set and the bios recognises them the 40gb is the master with linux. The 16gb is the windows 98. I was using the in a removable hard drive tray configuration but decided to install them both as master and slave. [snip] Windows really wants to be the master, I think; in fact, it wants to be on the primary master. My configuration is that the linux drive is the primary master and the windows drive is the secondary master, but LILO remaps the drives when booting windows to make the windows drive the primary on the fly. Here's the relevant section of my /etc/lilo.conf: [snip] other=/dev/hdc1 label=Windows loader = /boot/chain.b map-drive = 0x80 to = 0x81 map-drive = 0x81 to = 0x80 table = /dev/hdc [snip] I had a similar problem as yours; I finally found the answer in a SuSE manual. Of course, now it doesn't matter, as I don't boot into windows anymore.. :) Hope this helps, David Richmond [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dual boot win98 w/ 2 hard drives
Windows really wants to be the master, I think; in fact, it wants to be on the primary master. My configuration is that the linux drive is the primary master and the windows drive is the secondary master, but LILO remaps the drives when booting windows to make the windows drive the primary on the fly. Here's the relevant section of my /etc/lilo.conf: [snip] other=/dev/hdc1 label=Windows loader = /boot/chain.b map-drive = 0x80 to = 0x81 map-drive = 0x81 to = 0x80 table = /dev/hdc [snip] Yes, Windows wants to be the 1st drive all of the time. But that doesn't mean you have to give into it :) The easiest way I found (if you do not want Windows on the 1st drive) is to install linux on the primary 1st, then disconnect the drive. Move the 2nd disk to the primary, and install windows on it. Move it back to the 2ndary, put back the linux drive and adjust your bootloader. This way, if you ever bonk your linux drive for any reason, you can still move the Win partition back to primary and let it boot itself. pgplkfviOzlqp.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Dual boot win98 w/ 2 hard drives
On Fri, 2002-06-28 at 19:30, David Richmond wrote: On Friday 28 June 2002 03:50 am, nick lidakis wrote: I currently have 2 hard drives and was trying to set up a dual boot system. The jumpers are propoerly set and the bios recognises them the 40gb is the master with linux. The 16gb is the windows 98. I was using the in a removable hard drive tray configuration but decided to install them both as master and slave. [snip] Windows really wants to be the master, I think; in fact, it wants to be on the primary master. My configuration is that the linux drive is the primary --snip-- I think that's only relevant if you install 98 first. I dual boot 98 and linux on my laptop, and 98 is on hda2 while linux is hda1. The 98 bootloader probably wouldn't like that, but since I'm using lilo, the 98 bootloader never comes into play. I don't know how it reacts to being on a slave drive though as I've only got a single HD. -Alex signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: Dual boot win98 w/ 2 hard drives
On Fri, 2002-06-28 at 08:11, nick lidakis wrote: If I'm not mistaken, Win98 insists on being in the first partition on the first drive (e.g. /dev/hda1). Kent So I would have to physically switch the drives (and jumpers) around? nope Grub and I think LILO both have the ability to switch the drive bios numbers around thus fooling windows. But the good news is that you can leave win98 on hda1 and just install grub or lilo to hda. I have had this set up for quite a while even though I never boot into windows anymore. I dont even know if grub will boot windows acctually... havent had a need to boot to windows since I changed over to grub... oh well... I hear it works though. -- -Peace kid Scott Henson [EMAIL PROTECTED] God's the ultimate playa, so naturally He's going to have some haters, rapper Ice Cube said. But these haters need to realize that if you mess with the man upstairs, you will get your ass smote. True dat. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dual boot win98 w/ 2 hard drives
David Richmond wrote: On Friday 28 June 2002 03:50 am, nick lidakis wrote: I currently have 2 hard drives and was trying to set up a dual boot system. The jumpers are propoerly set and the bios recognises them the 40gb is the master with linux. The 16gb is the windows 98. I was using the in a removable hard drive tray configuration but decided to install them both as master and slave. [snip] Windows really wants to be the master, I think; in fact, it wants to be on the primary master. My configuration is that the linux drive is the primary master and the windows drive is the secondary master, but LILO remaps the drives when booting windows to make the windows drive the primary on the fly. Here's the relevant section of my /etc/lilo.conf: [snip] other=/dev/hdc1 label=Windows loader = /boot/chain.b map-drive = 0x80 to = 0x81 map-drive = 0x81 to = 0x80 table = /dev/hdc [snip] I had a similar problem as yours; I finally found the answer in a SuSE manual. Of course, now it doesn't matter, as I don't boot into windows anymore.. :) Hope this helps, David Richmond [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you, I'll try it tonight. I only keep Win98 to play some Rogue Spear. nick -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dual boot win98 w/ 2 hard drives
On Friday 28 June 2002 05:36 pm, Alex Malinovich wrote: On Fri, 2002-06-28 at 19:30, David Richmond wrote: Windows really wants to be the master, I think; in fact, it wants to be on the primary master. My configuration is that the linux drive is the primary --snip-- I think that's only relevant if you install 98 first. I dual boot 98 and linux on my laptop, and 98 is on hda2 while linux is hda1. The 98 bootloader probably wouldn't like that, but since I'm using lilo, the 98 bootloader never comes into play. I don't know how it reacts to being on a slave drive though as I've only got a single HD. -Alex AFAIK, Windows _is_ fine booting off a partition when LILO is in the master boot record of the same hard drive. However, when Windows is on a separate drive from LILO, the Windows bootloader is resident in the MBR on the separate drive, and _it_ balks at being anything other than primaryI think. Hence the ability in lilo.conf to mangle the drive order before LILO passes control to the MBR of the other drive. David Richmond [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dual boot win98 w/ 2 hard drives
On Fri, Jun 28, 2002 at 05:30:47PM -0700, David Richmond wrote: Of course, now it doesn't matter, as I don't boot into windows anymore.. :) what's this windows stuff anyway? isn't that just a program that runs on AOL? Or a plugin for internet explorer? aloha, dave -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
