On Tue, 20 Jul 1999, Krishna Sreehasam wrote:
> (1) Windows cannot boot from the second hard disk..
Windows can boot from the second hard disk assuming the first has
something other than Windows or Dos installed...
You need to tell Lilo where Windows is... [and Tell Lilo it's dos]
I believe liloconfig will do the job [at least from Slackware]
Or edit /etc/lilo.conf and add something like:
other = /dev/hdc1
label = Dos
table = /dev/hdc
then run lilo
> now my questions are:
>
> (1)can linux load from 2nd hard disk?
Even though most linux manuals recomend against it yes...
[There is something of an "Os ego" where the favoret os MUST be on the
first partition on the first hard disk... this is rarely nessisary]
Windows will install it's boot information on the hard disk it's installed
on... Not a problem... Lilo will do the job for you :)
[Also works when installing Os/2.. Os/2 can boot Windows from any hard
disk... or Linux can boot Os/2 from any hard disk... or Dos can boot
Linux from any hard disk...]
Sorry if I'm over explainning :) I've gotten use to simi-litterate BBS
users who need some small amount of hand holding... On the other hand
I wouldn't last 10 seconds on a tech support floor....
