Re: LILO hassles
I had similar problem before. My setup is similar to yours: NT on /dev/hda1 and Linux
on /dev/hdb1. I use NT boot loader to choose which partition to boot. To solve the
problem, I boot from a Linux boot floppy and login as root. Run lilo (this rewrite the
boot sector). Reboot to NT and use bootpart (or you can use dd command in Linux before
you reboot, see http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/mini/Linux+NT-Loader-5.html for
detail) to get the boot sector. Replace the old linux boot sector with the new one and
you are all set. Hope this can help.
Tongyu Wang
Pieter Viljoen wrote:
> Hi
>
> LILO gets to 'LI' and then hangs with the IDE disk light on.
>
> I have tried the linear option.
> The partition is 900 something cylinders (below 1024), and on a SCSI
> disk.
>
> I read that LILO wont work if the Linux partition (or for the matter
> any partition) is not disk0 or disk1. Is this correct.
>
> My system has the following disks:
> Primary IDE - Primary Disk - 2Gb Disk (DOS and Win95 for games)
> Primary IDE - Secondary Disk - CDROM
> Secondary IDE - Primary Disk - 8Gb Disk (NT for work)
> Secondary IDE - Secondary Disk - None
> SCSI - Device 0 - 2Gb Disk (Linux)
> SCSI - Device 3 - CD Writer
> SCSI - Device 4 - Tape
>
> - If I boot Linux using the NTLoader (on hda1) with the bootsector
> from sda1 I get to 'LI'.
> - If I set my Bios to boot SCSI before IDE, I get 'LI'
>
> Any suggestions. (Other than moving Linux to hda1)
>
> Regards
>
> Pieter Viljoen
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