ktb wrote: > > > David Johnstone wrote: > > > > Hi, > > Im running win95 on harddisk 1 (primary ide master). it has 2 > > partitions, but used by windows. On harddisk 2 (secondary ide > > master), I have just installed linux. I can boot using the boot disk > > - however for some reason it takes about 10 minutes when it says > > "Loading linux......". I have installed LILO and because my BIOS just > > booted win, I assumed I have to change the default boot IDE drive. I > > changed it to harddisk 2 and I get: > > > > You need to change your /etc/lilo.conf file so that you boot off your > primary disk, '/dev/hda' or run 'liloconfig' again and select '/dev/hda' > as the place for your master boot record. Your boot line should read > "boot=/dev/hda" without the quotes.
...and of course run /sbin/lilo again if you just edit the file:) Sorry I forgot that, kent