Kent West:
> You can then go one step further and set up CONFIG.SYS & AUTOEXEC.BAT to
> offer the choice of which OS you want to boot into.
You can go a step further still and set up autoexec to run one or the other
depending on the presence of a particular file, so you can switch from one
to the
At 07:52 AM 2/7/1999 -0500, Tom Pfeifer wrote:
>Hamish Moffatt wrote:
>>
>> This isn't the best solution. You should set boot to your linux partition,
>> then set your linux partition active in fdisk. This is much more flexible
>> if you need to reinstall Windows later, because to get LILO back yo
I don't know how you're booting, but hda2 must be your extended
partition, which doesn't show up in cfdisk's main screen. It does (or
should) if you choose Print - Table from the cfdisk menu. You'll see a
type 0x05 or type 0x0F listed under ID for the 2nd partition. Linux
fdisk will also show the
On Sun, Feb 07, 1999 at 07:52:34AM -0500, Tom Pfeifer wrote:
> Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> >
> > This isn't the best solution. You should set boot to your linux partition,
> > then set your linux partition active in fdisk. This is much more flexible
> > if you need to reinstall Windows later, because
Hamish Moffatt wrote:
>
> This isn't the best solution. You should set boot to your linux partition,
> then set your linux partition active in fdisk. This is much more flexible
> if you need to reinstall Windows later, because to get LILO back you just
> change your active partition (even Windows'
On Fri, Feb 05, 1999 at 08:24:03PM -0500, Tom Pfeifer wrote:
> boot=/dev/hda1==>> boot=/dev/hda
>
> That will install the lilo boot loader in the MBR of the master drive,
> and give you a choice of the two OS's. You are currently trying to
> install it in the boot record of the Windows partiti
Extended/logical drives always will start at hdx5. This leaves room for
the max of 4 primary partitions in slots hdx1 - hdx4, and will prevent
your logical partitions from changing later on if you add or delete a
primary.
The problem I see in your lilo.conf file is the first line as show
below:
b
I recently reinstalled linux and a second drive. I have debina running
off my second harddisk and windows of the master. I partitioned and
formated everything with partition magic. My problem is when windows
has the mbr on the master it boots fine, but if lilo takes over it will
not boot, and m,
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