RE: Stuck with NT and Lilo
FYI, there is a little program called Bootpart, that will allow you to add
linux to the nt boot manager menu. having done that, you would no longer
need the floppy. floppies are slow, and die often! you will, of course,
need lilo installed, but pointing to the root partition of your linux
installation, and NOT the mbr. :)
http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm
jason
>
> lilo.conf is where you describe what bootable partitions are available.
>
> To enter information about your cdrom, etc., you need to edit the file
> /etc/fstab. See man fstab and man MAKEDEV for more information.
>
> Cheers,
> Jason.
>
> --On Wednesday, September 13, 2000 14:28 +0100 Ziad Afra
> <ziad.afra@omgroup.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am a bit stuck here with my new install of debian 2.2. The
> problem is I have
> > installed Windows nt on to an ntfs drive and later on I wanted
> to install
> > debian,
> > thing is as you all know I need to have had a small fat16
> partion in order to
> > run lilo from. I didnt have tha7t at the time due to
> circumstances, so now I
> > run Debian
> > off a floppy boot disk which I created on first installtion.
> Now I am stuck, I
> > need to configure my cdroms` and other hard disks but the lilo.conf file
> > doesnt exist now does it!
> > So I am stuck!!!!
> >
> > My boot floppy has several files including the kernel
> >
> > ldlinux.sys
> > linux
> > message.txt
> > syslinux.cfg
> >
> > "DISPLAY message.txt
> > TIMEOUT 40
> > PROMPT 1
> > DEFAULT linux
> > APPEND root=/dev/hda6 ro "
> >
> > ^^^^^^ is on my syslinux.cfg file
> >
> >
> > Ok now what I need to know is how can i reconfigure my current
> setup so as I
> > can get my cdrom to work as a cdr(its eide so i have to make it
> in to a scsi
> > device!), but in doing this
> > I need to edit the /etc/lilo.conf file, which I dont have (due
> to installing
> > the boot record on a floppy).
> >
> > 1: how do i setup my boot floopy disk with the new scsi
> supported kernel ?
> > 2: Can i export the boot device information in to a file e.g.
> boot.bin and
> > dump that on to my ntfs drive or the linux partion and inform
> boot.ini about
> > it?
> >
> > a`la --->
> >
> > [boot loader]
> > timeout=30
> > default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
> > [operating systems]
> > multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows NT
> Workstation Version
> > 4.00" multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Windows NT Workstation
> > Version 4.00 [VGA mode]" /basevideo /sos
> > multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\boot.bin="linux debian 2.2"
> choice 1?
> > multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\="Linux Debian 2.2" choice 2?
> >
> >
> > I am stuck and I cant rebuild my machine as NT is important for
> my job (yuck!)
> >
> >
> > cheers all!
> >
> >
> > zed
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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