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Re: [Plug] Dual boot, lilo problem.
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You need to add a section that looks like this:
other=/dev/hda5
label=NT
table=/dev/hda
it's not the same as for a linux partition, LILO sees it as alien,
hence the 'other' moniker
k
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On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, Jaiwant Mulik wrote:
>
> Hi there,
>
> My lilo.conf looks like:
>
> boot=/dev/hda
> map=/boot/map
> install=/boot/boot.b
> prompt
> timeout=50
> image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.5-15
> label=linux
> root=/dev/hda6
> read-only
>
> My fdisk( in linux) partions look like:
>
> /dev/hda1 HPFS/NTFS bootable
> hda2 Extended
> hda5 HPFS/NTFS bootable
> hda6 Linux
> hda7 Linux Swap
>
> The strange thing is hda6 which is the linux partion in the lili.conf file
> is not marked bootable, but works fine.
>
> If I add:
>
> label=NT
> root=/dev/hda5
>
> The lilo complains saying that the label NT already exists ...
>
> This problem started after I upgraded from RH5.2 to 6.0 if that had my
> significance, IDNK ...
>
> Bye,
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> On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, Howard Helbein wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 26 Aug 1999 umweber@mcs.drexel.edu wrote:
> > > I thought if you were using NT it was better to use the NT loader to load
> > > linux? I just remember reading that before. You needed to copy some file
> >
> > I've used LILO to boot multi-boot with NT workstation and server on
> > several PCs successfully. When the LILO.CONF is sent, I'm sure we will
> > be able to find the problem relatively quickly. I'll check my LILO.CONF
> > when I get home tonight.
> >
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