[olug] Still no luck

[Jordan Wilberding]

Try boot=/dev/hda

> On Saturday 20 April 2002 18:37, you wrote:
> Here's my lilo.conf file>
> boot=/dev/hdb1
> map=/boot/map
> install=/boot/boot.b
> vga=normal
> default=windows
> keytable=/boot/us.klt
> lba32
> prompt
> timeout=150
> message=/boot/message
> menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
> image=/boot/vmlinuz
>         label=linux
>         root=/dev/hdb5
>         append=" hdc=ide-scsi devfs=mount quiet"
>         vga=788
>         read-only
> other=/dev/hda1
>         label=windows
>         table=/dev/hda
>         map-drive=0x80
>            to=0x81
>         map-drive=0x81
> /etc/lilo.conf lines 1-23/27 88%
> I'm not real good at lilo but it appears as tho it's installing to
> /dev/hdb1 from looking at my lilo.conf file,I installed it there because
> that's where my /boot partition was,when I installed linux it gave me a
> list that included the default /dev/hda or /dev/hdb1 where I put it.I don't
> know how to choose where to install it after the install,would I just
> designate lilo /dev/hda or would I just edit the /dev/hdb1 to /dev/hda in 
> my lilo.conf file?
>
>                     Gary
>
> Brian Roberson wrote:
> > Where are you installing lilo? on the MBR? hopefully on /dev/hda ... can
> > we all see your lilo.conf please?
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jim Beam" <mescie at cox.net>
> > To: "OLUG" <olug at olug.org>
> > Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 5:30 PM
> > Subject: [olug] Still no luck
> >
> > > think that's where I reinstalled my mandrake linux and made a /boot
> > > partition of 15 Mb at the begining of the drive and it still don't
> > > work.I get this message when I run lilo on the command line >Warning:
> > > /dev/hdb1 is not on the first disk
> > > Added linuxI
> > > Added windows *
> > > Added floppy
> > > When I checked fdisk in windows it just recognized my windows HD but
> > > not the linux drive.I think that's where my problem lies.I've messed
> > > with it off    Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
> > > /dev/hda1             1       700   5622718+  1b  Hidden Win95 FAT32
> > > The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 2434.
> > > There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024,
> > > and could in certain setups cause problems with:
> > > 1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO)
> > > 2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs
> > >    (e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)
> > > Then the "p" command>
> > > /dev/hdb1   *         1         2     16033+  83  Linux
> > > /dev/hdb2             3      1346  10795680    5  Extended
> > > /dev/hdb5             3        21    152586   83  Linux
> > > /dev/hdb6            22        52    248976   83  Linux
> > > /dev/hdb7            53        83    248976   83  Linux
> > > /dev/hdb8            84      1330  10016496   83  Linux
> > > /dev/hdb9          1331      1346    128488+  82  Linux swap
> > > I have no idea what that extended partition is or how to get rid of
> > > it.Just for the heck of it I installed System Commander (partition
> > > magic)
> > > and it booted both windoze and linux just fine.To say I'm confused is
> > > an understatement....lol.Does anyone have any idea what's going on and
> > > how I might fix it?
> > >
> > >
> > >                        Thanks,Gary
> > >
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Have a nice day,

Jordan Wilberding
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