On Sat, 23 Nov 2002 00:30:30 +0200 (EET), HNO3 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello. >How i can install lilo when i have system like this: >there is Win98 installed at hda >and linux is in hdb, without boot partition. (only 2 linux partions and swap) >Now i have a boot disk and i put it in when i want to start up linux. > >How i can install lilo (or something similar boot menu) if i don't want to >lose data on my disks? > > - Mankeli / Hno3 The method that carries the least risk of trashing anything is to make a directory on your Windoze drive, say c:\linux, and put into it LOADLIN.EXE and the appropriate kernel image and initrd image (if you have an initrd). Make a file c:\linux\linux.par containing your boot parameters; the first line must be the name of the kernel image, the rest is much the same as lilo configuration. Make a file c:\windows\command\linux.bat containing the single line c:\linux\loadlin.exe @c:\linux\linux.par. To boot Linux, hold down Ctrl when you boot; when the Win98 boot menu appears, select "Safe mode command prompt only"; when you get the prompt, enter the command linux and Linux will boot. There's a way to add your own entries to this menu, but I can't remember how. To make it come up all the time, I think you add a line BootMenu=1 to MSDOS.SYS. To boot Linux when Windoze is running, create a shortcut to c:\windows\command\linux.bat and set it to run in MS-DOS Mode. You then simply double-click on the shortcut to boot Linux. This method doesn't involve mucking around with the MBR and will never leave your box in an unbootable condition. It's not regarded as ideologically sound by hardcore Linux enthusiasts but it works jolly well for me. I don't mind the minor inconvenience in booting Linux cos you never have to re-boot it. LOADLIN.EXE and its docs are on the install CD. Pigeon (BTW it is quite easy to produce your sig at home...) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
