Re: [SLUG] LILO refuses to boot Windows.

2001-04-10 Thread Steven downing
As I recall, Windows doesn't play nicely unless it is the first Hard Drive. Which can be a pain now that you have Linux installed, so you'll have to do things like: Re install LiLo on the boot partition of the Windows hard drive. In /etc/fstab change the hda and hdb 's around. Swap the two drives

RE: [SLUG] LILO refuses to boot Windows.

2001-04-10 Thread Wylie Edwards
Did you install mandrake or linux first? Has Windows ever booted properly in that configuration on its own (ie before you installed Mandrake)?? I have a feeling that Windows wont boot because it needs to be on the first partition on the first drive or it gets really mad. Try setting it up as fo

Re: [SLUG] LILO refuses to boot Windows.

2001-04-10 Thread Peter Rundle
> If I swap hda and hdb, Windows boots straight up, so the > drive is definitely bootable. > Any ideas? Yep. Windows insists on being in the first partition on the first drive. I've yet to see any installations where it can reside somewhere else. If anybody has had success with this I'd be