Re: LILO's now working(thanks!), BUT...
At 09:35 AM 1/12/1999 -0600, Andrew Ivanov wrote:
>On Mon, 11 Jan 1999, CJ wrote:
>
>> -After I ran "lilo", I reboot the system it gives me a boot prompt, I
>> enter in "Linux" and it loads Linux(it works fine). But when I enter "MS"
>> for dos/win95, it doesn't load.
>
>Is MS a label for loading your Windows?
>In lilo.conf you can specify what type of label to use.
<snip>
>> -I then use the window95 startup disk to boot the system. At the prompt
>> "A:\>" I tried to change to drive C:\>(which is /dev/hda), but it says
>> "can't drive C". So I check the dos/win95 partition using dos's fdisk
>> and I notice that the partition type for the dos/win95 partition (which is
>> hda1) is now changed to type "NON-DOS". I remmeber it was type "vfat" or
>> "fat" before.
>> -I don't what I did to changed it(Could it be that I when mount
>> /dev/hda1 as /dos, I change the partition type?)
>>
>> -Can Anyone show me how to change the dos/win95 partition type
>> back to normal? Or how to fix this problem so I can boot dos/win95
>> again without using the win95 startup disk?
>
>I think you need to get the startup disk for Win, and
>fdisk /mbr
>to restore the original MBR on windows disk.
>Then rerun lilo.
>Also, send me your lilo.conf file with partition table for both disks,
>I'll see if there's anything incorrect there.
>
>> Thanks Alot,
>>
>
>You are welcome.
It sounds to me like the original DOS/Win disk may have had a drive overlay
on it. You know, that software that allowed older BIOSes to see hard drives
larger than 540MB. If so, then LILO clobbered the overlay. If this is the
case, you should have an Overlay Boot/Install floppy that can recover your
drive.
Also, if this is the case, I think you'll have a lot of trouble trying to
get Linux and the overlay to work together. It'd be better if you could
live without the overlay (which probably means updating your BIOS and
saving/wiping/restoring the DOS/Win drive).
If it's not an overlay problem, I don't have a clue.
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