RE: please..anyone dual boot linux w2k frustrations

2002-07-29 Thread script this
Read the initial post. Yes, i changed lilo.conf, yes i ran lilo, and i put in details about these changes and what happened when i selected the windoze option from the lilo menu for each change i made to lilo.conf. Next, I suppose I'll try grub, but I'm very concerned that windoze won't even boo

RE: please..anyone dual boot linux w2k frustrations

2002-07-29 Thread script this
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please..anyone dual boot linux w2k frustrations

2002-07-28 Thread script this
scenario: running redhat linux 7.2 for over a year on preinstalled hd. purchased second drive with w2k preinstalled. hooked up second drive as secondary ide drive (hdb), kept primary drive with linux as hda. problem: w2k will not boot at all. all things i've tried: 1. lilo.conf: prompt t

Re: lilo and dual boot master/slave hd set up

2002-07-27 Thread script this
Brian Ashe, ah, yes.  ok.  so, with this advice implemented, now i get a message NTLDR not found.i think now i need a line in my lilo.conf file under other=/dev/hdb like loader=/boot/any_d.b?  off to try this now. thanks for your help.  Brian Ashe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: script t

Re: lilo and dual boot master/slave hd set up

2002-07-27 Thread script this
r the way u tried to install linux.Regards.- Original Message -From: "script this" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Sent: Saturday, July 27, 2002 12:54 AMSubject: lilo and dual boot master/slave hd set up>> i've just installed a second hard drive, it&

lilo and dual boot master/slave hd set up

2002-07-26 Thread script this
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 linuxadded win'. righ