lilo.conf problems
I am having problems configuring lilo to dual boot to debian and
win98. I have two hard drives:
Primary /dev/hda, one partition, /dev/hda1 = win98 boot FAT32 3.2Gb
Secondary /dev/hdb, two partitions, /dev/hdb1 = linux boot 4.0Gb
Am I having problems because I didn't make root fit in the first 1024
sectors? I can use lilo to boot to linux on /dev/hdb1, but lilo won't
boot to dos. Dos will boot with a dos floppy though, and "sys C:"
fixes the messed up DOS MBR, erasing lilo and restoring /dev/hda1 MBR
"lilo -v" produces:
LILO version 20, Copyright 1992-1997 Werner Almesberger
Reading boot sector from /dev/hda1
Merging with /boot/boot.b
Mapping message file /boot/message.boot
Boot image: /vmlinuz
Added linux *
Boot other: /dev/hda1, on /dev/hda, loader /boot/chain.b
Added dos
/boot/boot.0301 exists - no backup copy made.
Writing boot sector.
Here is lilo.conf
boot = /dev/hda1
message = /boot/message.boot
append="mem=128M"
default = linux
vga = normal # normal 80x25 text vga mode
delay = 20
timeout = 100
prompt
## Image section for Linux
image = /vmlinuz # image file
label = linux # boot prompt label
root = /dev/hdb1 # linux root mount
# install = /boot/boot.0301
# map = /boot/map # linux boot map
read-only # mount read-only to run fsck
## Image section for dos
other = /dev/hda1 # other image name
label = dos
loader = /boot/chain.b # chain loader on primary drive
table = /dev/hda # dos partitional table
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