Re: Dual Boot Problems
According to Roderick W.Smith's "The Multi-Boot Configuration Handbook":
Both DOS and Windows9x must boot from a primary partition on the first
physical disk or from a floppy disk.....although the most basic
components of DOS and Windows9x must boot from C: , it is possible to
install the bulk of both OSs on other partitions.
Regards,Arnout
Alec schrieb:
> Hi
>
> I'm wondering if anyone can help me with the following problem:
>
> I have 2 HDs, and I just had Win98 installed on the slave HD. I had to
> physically disconnect the master HD to do it, because I was using the CDs
> that originally came with the computer and I didn't want them to overwrite my
> Linux isntallation.
>
> Anyways, I configured lilo to point to the Windows partition like this:
> /////////////////////
> other=/dev/hdd1
> label=Windows
> table=/dev/hdd
> ////////////////////
> ran lilo. No errors.
> But when I try to boot into Windows, it says "Loading Windows" and gets stuck.
> The only way I can boot into Windows is by again physically disconnecting the
> master HD. What is going on? Perhaps it is worth mentioning that one of the
> partions on the master HD is FAT32 with no Windows on it. Could it be that
> the Windows boot loader gets confused somehow?
>
> Thanks. Any insights are greatly appreciated.
>
> Alec
>
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