If Win98 is on hda and Linux on hdb and you can successfully boot into Win98, you are halfway there. Now boot from a rescue disk and run lilo with boot=/dev/hda as below.
David Sanders [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.sandersweb.net > -----Original Message----- > From: Anand Parikh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 10:49 AM > To: Tom Massey > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Using LILO to boot Linux/Win98 > > > > I understand the lilo.conf file you suggested. Only problem is > that when I edit > the file with Linux on HDA, I have to uncomment the Win98 part, otherwise > I get errors running "lilo". BTW, I have lba32. > On booting up with Win98 on HDA and Linux on HDB it goes to Win98 > without any > choice. If I disconnect HDA, LILO tries to start booting Linux > but doesn't go > anywhere (due to boot=/dev/hda ??). > Looks like catch-22 trying to switch around...How do I get around it? > > Thanks to all for helping out. > > Anand > > --- Tom Massey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > * Anand Parikh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-09-27 00:06]: > > > > > > I tried it with removing "table" but its the same problem > with windoze. > > > If I want to try with Win98 on HDA and Linux on HDB, how do I put LILO > > > in the MBR of /dev/hda? > > > What should boot point to in that case? > > > > I think /etc/lilo.conf should look something like: > > > > boot=/dev/hda > > delay=10 > > > > image=/vmlinuz > > root=/dev/hdb2 > > label=Linux > > > > other=/dev/hda1 > > table=/dev/hda > > label=Win98 > > > > But this is because I've only had success booting Windows 98 > > from /dev/hda1 - this is apparently not necessary. You might > > also try adding 'lba32' to the file, just under delay. > > > __________________________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! > http://sbc.yahoo.com > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
