Re: LILO and Multiple Disks
> I am quite a new user to Linux and thus I was looking to install a dual-boot system. I have figured out this much so far...
> I have two hard disks. My Linux disk is on the primary master. It contains the following partitions: hda1, hda2, <hda5>. I also have a Windows 98 disk on the secondary slave. It contains the following partitions: [PTBL], hdd1.
> I am quite able to boot up Linux, so I'm pretty sure I've got that set up correctly. I can disable the primary master in my BIOS, which will then boot up my secondary slave drive and up pops a Windows 98 boot-up screen. However, what I cannot do is convince LILO that it should boot up Windows 98 when I configure it thus:
it's win98 that doesn't want to boot, i think because it _has_ to be on the first harddrive...
i have a similar setuop and had problems too, what you have to do is re-map the win HD so windows thinks it's on the primary master.
modify /etc/lilo.conf as follows:
> #Win98
> other=/dev/hdd1
> label=Win98
map-drive=0x80
to=0x81
map-drive=0x81
to=0x80
> table=/dev/hdd
that should solve the problem
alberto
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