Re: LILO and W95
On Thu, 1 Aug 1996, nathan work wrote:
> ok, i just loaded linux after w95 for the first time. i know very
> little about linux or unix for that matter and i'm having a real problem
> - 95 will not 'recognize' LILO, and boots right into 95. i didn't have
> this problem with 3.1. what i need is for someone to be gracious enough
> to take me by the hand and show me how to overcome this (to keep w95
> from controling what's booted). please email me if you'd like:
> ntw2@po.cwru.edu
> http://b63826.cwru.edu
>
what does your /etc/lilo.conf look like? you should show include it here;
that would make things alot easier to diagnose.
Where did you load LILO? what does the "boot=" line look like in your
/etc/lilo.conf?
It sounds like you have "boot=/dev/hdaN" ( where N is you linux partition
number, assuming you're using the master primary IDE channel )
If you have "boot=/dev/hdaN" you can
- boot DOS ( I think you can use Win95 DOS, but reboot to DOS mode )
- run fdisk in DOS
- follow the menu/instructions to change the active partition to your
linux partition.
- exit fdisk
- reboot
If you have "boot=/dev/hdbN" you should
- boot linux (from a boot floppy)
- edit /etc/lilo.conf
change the boot value to "boot=/dev/hda" (this is assuming that Win95
is on the first partition of the primary master IDE drive (C:))
- reboot
++Randy
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