> hi
> i use RH 6.1 and it resides on my second harddisk and during installtion
> i put lilo in the first sector of the boot partition instead of mbr so i
> used to boot from a floppy but now whenevr i boot from it it gives me an
> error 0x10 and doesnt boot at all ..this happens after i get the lilo
> prompt and it tries to loead but then this error comes. pls help
> also i wud like to know fer me to boot my lilo from the first sector of
> the boot partition is iit necessary to make linux my 1st harddisk..is
> there anyother way to make it boot other than boot disks
u can find a copy of loadlin.exe in the /dosutils folder in the RHL 6.(1/2)
pcq CDs, copy that to ur windows folder, or ever the whole dosutils folder
get a working kernel from somewhere, maybe a friend, (now dont ask any one
to mail it down, since a kernel is too heavy to be sent as email.
to load linux from command mode or safe mode command only
do "loadlin.exe <kernelfile> root=/dev/<ur_root> ro"
this should load linux and u should be inside your linux os.
then you can go about puttin lilo to the first sector by
editing the /etc/lilo.conf file, or if it does not exist, create one
----
boot = /dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
delay = 30
prompt
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.12-20
label=linux
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.12-20.img
read-only
root=/dev/hda5
other=/dev/hda1
label=dos
table=/dev/hda
---
this assumes than linux is on extended first logical partition and
windows/dos is
existing on primary partition, also specifies that root should be mounted
read only
in the begenning. the prompt and delay waits at LILO BOOT on startup from
harddisk where you can press enter to load linux or type dos and press enter
to boot dos/windows, if you add default = [label] to the common area
then that will be the default os. here to make dos default, add
default = dos after "prompt"
Now to apply this run "lilo" and see
added linux
added dos *
then on reboot, you will be able to switch between os with out the fuss of a
floppy
disk.
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