Complex lilo setup for starters: use loadlin
On Sat, 21 Mar 1998, Martin Schulze wrote:
> Please answer this guy.
Hi cal1,
What you want to do is not really very standard. You can do it with lilo,
but it is just quite complicated and requires a reasonably good insight
into the workings of the computer's boot process, master boot records
(there are more functional alternatives to the microsoft one) and the way
lilo works.
I advise you to look into loadlin. Loadlin is a dos program that allows
you to boot a linux kernel image placed in a directory on your dos
partition. That way you can keep win95's mbr untouched. To boot into
linux, you'd go to dos (I'm not sure if only a dos box suffices) and type
something like
CD \LINUX
LOADLIN VMLINUZ
assuming that C:\LINUX\VMLINUZ is the kernel image and that that
particular image knows that its root partition is on /dev/hdb1. This can
be given as a commandline option or (better) written to the image with the
rdev command. You'd have to do the latter while in linux of course.
Cheers,
Joost
> I hope I have the right area, my problem is thta I cannot seem to get Lilo
> to work with Win95 and Debian. Here's my setup;
> 3.2 gig Quantum with 2-1.6 gig partions (one fow Win95 and one for games)
> these take up drive letters C,D
> 1.6 gig Quantum which I use fully for Linux-Debian which is drive E
>
> Now when I installed Debian and asked it to make my drive E drive bootable
> (hdb1) it says it cannot boot from a secondary hard drive (or something to
> that effect) and that I would need to use a boot floopy. Is there a way to
> configure it so I can use Lilo as my boot manager and boot into either Win
> 95 or Debian (or do you all prefer just Linux). I tried it myself and wound
> up messing up my MBR on my Drive C:, I was able to boot into Debian fine
> but Win95 was gone (the drive was invalid). I tried the Fdisk /MBR switches
> from a dos disk but no luck, luckily I had a Ghost image on my system (god
> I love Ghost).
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