make a boot partition within the first 1023 cylinder of the hardisk.
assign /boot to this partition. give it a space of 6-7 mb or so. probably
this will solve your problem as it solved mine. lilo has sometimes problem
if /boot is ouside the 1023 limit.
Rajil Saraswat
On Tue, 31 Oct 2000, Vineet Thomas wrote:
> Try Boot Magic (CHIP CD)
>
> Bye
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Sunil Varghese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>;
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, October 27, 2000 4:49 PM
> Subject: [LIH] Upgradation problem
>
>
> > Hello Everybody,
> >
> > My name is Sunil Varghese from Ahmedabad and I am a linux lover. As
> > mentioned in PC -Quest magazine I tried to install linux on my system
> but
> > I failed.
> >
> > The configuration of my computer is as follows.
> > 1. 20 Gb HDD [ seagate]
> > 2. 1.44 FDD [ Sony ]
> > 3. 64 MB SD RAM
> > 4. P-III Intel processor 500 M Hz
> > 5. Intel 810 mother board
> > 6. Philips Monitor [104E]
> > 7. Logitech 3 button mouse
> > 8. TVSE gold key board
> > 9. D-Link Modem (Intenal)
> >
> > I already have two operating system installed on my system.
> > 1. Win 98
> > 2. Win 2000
> >
> > How I tried to install ?
> >
> > The first 15 Gb of the memory is used by win 98 and 2000 . And both have
> > FAT 32 partition [win 2000 is not created on NTFS ] .
> > I have 4.5 Gb free space [ie. unused & unformatted space] .
> > So I created an 64 mb Linux swap and rest linux native partiton on the 4.5
> > Gb free space by using a Power Quest Partition Magic 4.0 pro .
> > I tried both options of booting linux
> > (1)mbr and
> > (2) boot thru the primay partition.
> > and also made a linux bootable disk to boot linux thru floopy but still
> > failed.
> > The installation is always successfull but after rebooting the system the
> > Lilo bootstrap is not seen , neither is there any option for linux.
> > The windows boots normally as usuall showing only two option
> > 1. win 98
> > 2. Win 2000 professional
> >
> >
> > What could be wrong and how should I correct it ?
> > Please do help
> > Waiting for a fast and positive reply.
> >
> > Thank you
> >
> > Sunil Varghese
> > Ahmedabad
> > Gujarat
> >
> >
> > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
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