On 23 Apr 99, at 23:45, Matt Folwell wrote about Re: W95 defrag [also lilo+Linux+Win:
> On Thu, Apr 22, 1999 at 05:42:09PM -0500, Brad wrote: > > > For quite a while, Windows refused to boot at all from lilo. i finally > > solved the problem by using some obscure commands buried deep in TFM. > > Probably you won't need them, but they're here for a reference anyway. > > > > other=/dev/hdb1 > > table=/dev/hdb > > # The map-drive directives make windows think it's on the primary > > # master drive instead of the primary slave. Windows would think > > # Linux was on the slave if it could see it. > > map-drive = 0x80 > > to = 0x81 > > map-drive = 0x81 > > to = 0x80 > > label=win > > alias=2 > > Which FM did you find this is? I've been unable to boot windows from lilo /usr/docs/lilo/manual.txt.gz (or something like that, case might be off) > since I moved it (windows) to /dev/hdc. I'd guess I need to use 0x82 where > you've used 0x81, but I'd rather make sure before I risk it, and I can't > see map-drive mentioned in the lilo.conf man page. You can try it, but you might have a problem booting windows off anything other than the first 2 drives. The one thing about MS OS's in general (except for NT) they need to boot off of the the primary, active partition, and I believe it can be the only primary partition visible on the drive. > > For a while I was able to boot windows using other=/dev/hdc but this > suddenly stopped working, saying "Missing Operating System" Does anyone > know what could cause that? What primary partitions do you have on the first 2 drives? Did this change between then and now? TTFN > > TIA, > Matt > > -- > Matt Folwell, Trinity College, Cambridge. CB2 1TQ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > ============================== Jan M. - mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP key mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Fingerprint:397D 093C E802 964E 5316 B90A 93CE 6696 Thought for the day: 'Gratitude': An imaginary emotion that rewards an imaginary behavior,'altruism.' Both imaginaries are false faces for selfishness, which is a real and honest emotion. -- Maureen Johnson, 'To Sail Beyond the Sunset' (Robert Heinlein)
