Install LILO on /dev/hda, while Linux root is simply on second disk (below 500Meg boundary of course) Have the other=/dev/hda1 for WinDOS and /dev/hdb1 for linux root (if root is on /dev/hdb1). There is no need - I think - to swap drives using the map-drive parameter. This should work just fine. In other words, there isnt any trick neccesary for linux to run from second disk, as long as LILO is on boot-sector of /dev/hda Vriendelijke Groeten / Kind Regards, Alexander van Luijpen Philips Semiconductors Nederland Test and Product Engineering MOS4YOU - C075 OTP / Consumer Systems Nijmegen - BL Video email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: (+31)-24-353 4639 tel: (+31)-24-378 9475 Let's make things better . > -----Original Message----- > From: Qinghua Sun [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 1999 2:07 AM > To: JAGANNATHAN.R > Cc: Mikkel L. Ellertson; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: LILO > > I guess the trick works only if Linux is installed to the first disk and > Windows is installed to the second disk. Anyone knows any trick (without > using Boot Magic) if Windows is in the first disk and Linux in the > second? > > QS > > "JAGANNATHAN.R" wrote: > > > > Hi ! > > > > On Sat, 15 May 1999, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > > > > > At 10:26 AM 5/14/1999 +0530, you wrote: > > > >Hi ! > > > > > > > >First I am very sorry to post this here. Is there a better place > > > >please let me know. The problem is with LILO. > > > > > > > >I have two harddisks. > > > > > > > >Disk 1: 270MB Disk 2: 811MB > > > >Linux (Redhat 5.2) Win 95 > > > >CHS = 944/14/40 1647/16/63 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >What should I do to get LILO boot WIN95 from the second hard disk. > > > >TIA. > > > >Jag > > > > > > > Your problem rang a bell - I remembered reading about it and saving > the > > > e-mail. What you have to do is fake out Windows so it thinks it is > > > booting off the first hard drive. This is a limit of DOS and Windows > > > 95/98, It has to boot off the first hard drive! The LILO config > > > below shows how to fake out MS so that it thinks it is on the first > > > drive... (Thanks to [EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > > > > > What you probably want to boot Windows from the second disk is an > > > entry like this... > > > > > > other=/dev/hdb1 > > > table=/dev/hdb > > > map-drive=0x80 > > > to=0x81 > > > map-drive=0x81 > > > to=0x80 > > > label=dos > > > alias=win95 > > > > Yeah ! That is damn correct. And I too know that that Dos/Windoz > > doesn't boot from a second hard disk. Read about it when I read > > the LILO manual couple of years back. But it didn't click me > > this time when I was trying a similar config. Thanks a lot for your > > lilo.conf. It worked out of the box for me. > > > > Now I could enjoy my linux box, while others continue to use it as > > a windoz box. > > > > Cheers > > Jag > > > > > The lilo docs go into this in a lot more detail... > > > Good luck! > > > Mikkel > > > > Jagannathan R. > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > JAGANNATHAN.R Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Scientist & Sysadm Phone: 91 471 490674 > > Regional Research Laboratory Fax : 91 471 490186, 491712 > > Trivandrum - 695 019 > > Kerala, India Home Page: > http://members.tripod.com/~Jaga/ > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in > > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > Alcatel Corporate Research Center > > Mail: MS 446/310 > 1201 East Campbell Road > Richardson, TX 75081-1936 > > Tel: 972-996-3565 > Fax: 972-996-5902 > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
