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hi!thankx for the hints..heres the results..
>> the exact words on running lilo are:
>> Added win*
>> Hole found in map file(alloc_page)
>> there are two such files in my /boot directory..
>> System.map and
>> map
>Try adding this line just after your timeout:
>map=/boot/map
tried this..still same error
>Also try uncommenting the compact line. It makes
>the map file smaller which may make a difference.
compact doesnt make the map file smaller, it just
causes LILO to read more sectors at a time, causing a
faster boot
after some reading, i now know that "hole in map file"
is caused by a hard disk geometry mismatch. On this
hunch, i tried fdisk , and guess what the output is:
/dev/hda1 windows pri
/dev/hda2 ext
"Partition 2 has different physical /logical ending.."
/dev/hda5 linux swap
/dev/hda6 linux native
and on verifying the partition table, the o/p is :
186 unallocated sectors.
So this is the problem, now i dont know of any way to
cure this, tried the fix and ignore table option with
lilo, but no luck...
guess a reformat is in order!
regards,
kishor
=====
Do not mess with system daemons.....for they are many and your system is toast...
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