RE: [gentoo-user] Windows XP - Gentoo - Lilo Loader Question
Hi Holly, thanks for your reply Basically my question here is why exactly did you install the bootloader to hdb instead of hda? I installed to hdb as I only have 1 NTFS partition on /dev/hda and don't want to muck around with my XP install as my family will kill me if I muck it up ... Do you want to keep the Windows bootloader for some reason? See above ... Anyway I figured out how to use XP boot.ini and dd if=/dev/hdb1 bs=512 count=1 of= /mnt/floppy/linux.bin to copy the lilo boot sector. I then copy this to c:\ on /dev/hda and make sure it is referenced in boot.ini. I've now got a different issue (I think) ... The XP loader activates lilo on /dev/hdb but it stalls. Basically starts to write LILO to screen but stalls at L freezes and goes no further. I've seen this before somewhere and thought it was disk related. So far I've tried to fix it by removing substituting lba32 / compact / linear from /etc/lilo.conf (yes I /sbin/lilo and recreate the linux.bin file for the XP bootloader). The drive is a 200MB Seagate. Anybody any ideas ...? Thanks (as usual), Richard -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.8.5/32 - Release Date: 27/06/2005 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Windows XP - Gentoo - Lilo Loader Question
Richard Watson wrote: So far I've tried to fix it by removing substituting lba32 / compact / linear from /etc/lilo.conf (yes I /sbin/lilo and recreate the linux.bin file for the XP bootloader). The drive is a 200MB Seagate. I'm not a LILO kinda guy, but a 200 MB drive was more than likely made before LBA was invented. In the BIOS, switch it over to CHS mode (usually Normal) and see if that does anything. -- Colin -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] Windows XP - Gentoo - Lilo Loader Question
On Sun, 26 Jun 2005 16:41:13 +1000, Richard Watson wrote: I tried loading /sbin/lilo to /dev/hdb1. It seemed to work (loaded my images OK) but gave a message saying the drive was not a master. When I rebooted it went straight into XP. I suppose I could use partition magic to create /boot on /dev/hda1 ___ Does your BIOS have an option to choose the boot device at boot time? Many BIOSes now present a menu if you press a key as it boots, usually Esc or one of the F keys. Otherwise, you'll either have t go into the BIOS configuration to change the boot device or install GRUB to hda. -- Neil Bothwick Death is proven to be 99.9% fatal to all laboratory rats. pgps9AsWSRkhG.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] Windows XP - Gentoo - Lilo Loader Question
Any advice would be really appreciated. Here's what always works for me on a dual boot linux/xp box w/ xp on hda and linux on hdb and lilo doing boot duties: Prepare lilo.conf as if it knows nothing about xp, comment all the windows stuff out and install lilo to hdb1. Next, mount a floppy and enter dd if=/dev/hdb1 bs=512 count=1 of=/floppy/gentoo.bin(or anything, really) unmount the floppy and boot XP. Next, copy gentoo.bin to c:\ and then edit the boot.ini file by adding something like Linux=gentoo.bin(just follow the syntax in the file) to the list of boot options. When XP next boots you will be given a choice of XP or Linux. Never fails. -mw __ Discover Yahoo! Find restaurants, movies, travel and more fun for the weekend. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/weekend.html -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
