--- On Wed, 19 Jul 2000 Rajesh Fowkar wrote: > What I meant was LILO is in MBR, but my linux was on an extended > partition ( 6.4 GB HDD ). Now the problem is in MBR there is Ontrack > OS(This is essential for detecting 17GB HDD - since my bios does not > support more than 8.4 GB HDD. ) <snip> > My partition table is as follows : > > Disk /dev/hda: 64 heads, 63 sectors, 25698 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 4032 * 512 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/hda1 * 1 1040 2096451 b Win95 FAT32 > /dev/hda2 1040 8352 14739637+ f Win95 Ext'd (LBA) > /dev/hda5 1040 2084 2104483+ b Win95 FAT32 > /dev/hda6 2084 3658 3172806 b Win95 FAT32 > /dev/hda7 3658 6300 5325264 83 Linux > /dev/hda8 6300 6365 131512+ 82 Linux swap > /dev/hda9 6365 7305 1894504+ 83 Linux > /dev/hda10 7305 8352 2110720+ 83 Linux Put lilo in the boot sector of /dev/hda2 and set it bootable using Linux fdisk or cfdisk. This will cause an error to be shown under Windows fdisk but you can safely ignore it. For that matter, you can ignore Windows fdisk itself -- it's useless. :) Biju ===== ------------------------------------------------------------ Biju "Botsie" Chacko The computer is only a fast idiot, it has no imagination; it cannot originate action. It is, and will remain, only a tool to man. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get Yahoo! Mail � Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Check out the 'What to do before posting to the list' site for a list of things to try before posting. The site is at http://botsie.tripod.com/beforeposting/
