Re: dual boot problem
On Thursday 30 August 2001 17:56, Giri X wrote:
> Hi
> I recently installed Debian on a ayatem that had Win2k on it b4. I made 2
> partiotions using GNU Parted and put Debian on the second. But after the
> installation of Debian, I am not able to boot into Win2k. I checked
> /etc/lilo.conf. It had only 2 images, vmlinuz and old*.*(forgot the exact
> thing). There was no Windows image. So now i can boot only into Debian but
> now windows.
> I ran fdisk from Linux and the partion table shows 3 partitions:
> /dev/hda1 Win95 boot
> /dev/hda2 linux
> /dev/hda3 swap
>
> what is the problem and the solution ??
>
> Thanx and reagards
> Girix
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edit the /etc/lilo.conf file and go to the buttom and uncomment the HURD
stuff. edit that section to use this:
other=/dev/hda1
label=win2k
and also uncomment the prompt option. i would also recommend settings the
delay=300
when you reboot, and the boot prompt, type win2k to boot windows.
HTH
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