Also don't forget that win98 writes its own stuff to the MBR during the install process and will take out lilo.
--Dano > -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Ivanov [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 22, 1999 12:04 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: lilo.conf~ syntax question?? > > > olleh< > > i am trying to configure Lilo to give me a choice between booting > NT,win98, > > and Linux...first, how do i determine what partition the MS O.S.'s > (i.e. > > hda2,3, etc...) reside on...once i have determined where they dwell, > should i > > use the following syntax in lilo.conf to give me the choice between > O.S.'s? > > If you want to make a choice between WinNT/98, why do you boot into > dos in > the example below? > But yes, the syntax is correct. > Just make sure you include all the > boot=/dev/hdXX > root=/dev/hdXX > messages that come right in the beginning of lilo.conf > > And to see where your partitions are, either break out the > windows startup disk and do > fdisk c: or fdisk d: or whatever > Or do it in linux > fdisk /dev/hda > fdisk /dev/hdb etc. > or > cfdisk /dev/hda > And so on. > > Andrew > ____________________________________________________________________ > Never include a comment that will help | Andrew Ivanov > someone else understand your code. | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > If they understand it, they don't | ICQ: 12402354 > need you. | > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] > < /dev/null
