> > It sounds to me like the original DOS/Win disk may have had a drive overlay > on it. You know, that software that allowed older BIOSes to see hard drives > larger than 540MB. If so, then LILO clobbered the overlay. If this is the > case, you should have an Overlay Boot/Install floppy that can recover your > drive. > > Also, if this is the case, I think you'll have a lot of trouble trying to > get Linux and the overlay to work together. It'd be better if you could > live without the overlay (which probably means updating your BIOS and > saving/wiping/restoring the DOS/Win drive). > > If it's not an overlay problem, I don't have a clue.
Wouldnt it be the problem only when he was trying to boot to an OS that is located beyong 1024th cylinder? He's got 2 drives, on primary and secondary IDE's. And drive 1, /dev/hda, holds Windows, and /dev/hdb, drive 2, holds Linux... Andrew ____________________________________________________________________ Never include a comment that will help | Andrew Ivanov someone else understand your code. | [EMAIL PROTECTED] If they understand it, they don't | ICQ: 12402354 need you. |