Hi there,
I'm having a bit of a problem getting my OS loader to boot Linux using
LILO. I downloaded some instructions from www.windows-nt.com/multiboot on
this but they aren't working correctly although it seems like they should.
what I've done is first installed LILO in the superblock of my linux
partition like so:
lilo.conf:
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# Start LILO global section
boot=/dev/hdd1
# compact # faster, but won't work on all systems.
# install = /boot/boot.b
# map = /boot/map
delay = 0
vga = normal # force sane state
ramdisk = 0 # paranoia setting
# End LILO global section
# Linux bootable partition config begins
image = /vmlinuz
root = /dev/hdd1
label = linux
# Linux bootable partition config ends
but then when I run lilo I get this:
lilo:
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interzone:/etc# /sbin/lilo
Warning: /dev/hdd is not on the first disk
Warning: BIOS drive 0x82 may not be accessible
Warning: BIOS drive 0x82 may not be accessible
Warning: BIOS drive 0x82 may not be accessible
Added linux *
I think this is probably the source of my problems perhaps
resulting from the drive's cyls being 1048. could this be a prob
booting with LILO? currently I am booting with a boot floppy that I
made with the slackware setup utility on the CDROM. this works fine but
I'd rather just have it added to my boot menu.
I read what documentation I could find on this but all I could find was
stuff saying I shouldn't use cylinders >1023 in my root partition. If
this is the case I should still be ok. a print of my partition table looks
like this:
fdisk:
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interzone:/home/rob# /sbin/fdisk /dev/hdd
The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 1048.
This is larger than 1024, and may cause problems with:
1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., LILO)
2) booting and partitioning software form other OSs
(e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/hdd: 16 heads, 63 sectors, 1048 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdd1 * 1 1 996 501952+ 83 Linux native
/dev/hdd2 997 997 1048 26208 82 Linux swap
Command (m for help):
after running lilo I then try to create a boosect.lnx file to point
the NT OS loader at by
dd if=/dev/hdd1 of=/fatpart/bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1
I then added the line:
c:\boosect.lnx="Linux"
to NT boot.ini.
When I select this option now all it does is start repeating 04 04 04 and
after each 04 my hard drive goes click. not good.
sorry for such a long post. just trying to be thorough with all the
information. any help/advice would be appreciated.
thank you,
rob
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