On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 16:41:13 +1000, Richard Watson wrote: > I tried loading /sbin/lilo to /dev/hdb1. It seemed to work (loaded my > images OK) but gave a message saying the drive was not a master. When I > rebooted it went straight into XP. > > I suppose I could use partition magic to create /boot on /dev/hda1 ___
Does your BIOS have an option to choose the boot device at boot time? Many BIOSes now present a menu if you press a key as it boots, usually Esc or one of the F keys. Otherwise, you'll either have t go into the BIOS configuration to change the boot device or install GRUB to hda. -- Neil Bothwick Death is proven to be 99.9% fatal to all laboratory rats.
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