On Sat, Nov 23, 2002 at 12:30:30AM +0200, HNO3 wrote: > Hello. > How i can install lilo when i have system like this: > there is Win98 installed at hda > and linux is in hdb, without boot partition. (only 2 linux partions and swap) > Now i have a boot disk and i put it in when i want to start up linux. > > How i can install lilo (or something similar boot menu) if i don't want to > lose data on my disks?
For dual boot, use a lilo.conf something like:
lba32 #maybe don't need this
boot=/dev/hda
root=/dev/hdb1 #assuming you boot first partition
install=/boot/boot.b
map=/boot/map
message=/boot/bootmess.txt #If you want a boot prompt
prompt
delay=20
timeout=100
image=/vmlinuz
label=linux
read-only
initrd=/boot/initrd.img #if you need initrd
#other is Windows98 boot partition
other=/dev/hda1
label=dos
Or you could use grub with menu.lst:
default saved
timeout 15
color cyan/blue white/blue
title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.4.19-k6 #change to your kernel
root (hd1,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.19-k6 root=/dev/hdb1 ro #assume boot hdb1
initrd /initrd.img-2.4.19-k6 #if you need initrd
savedefault
boot
title Windows 98
root (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1
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