Hrmm..., sounds like LILO is trying to boot Linux through DOS, as you
surmised. If you can boot Linux with a boot disk, try editing your
/etc/lilo.conf file with a text editor from within Linux. To do this, use
either a konsole window from X-windows or run the following command from the
Console screen outside of X:
pico /etc/lilo.conf
This will start the pico editor with the /etc/lilo.conf file loaded. Pico is
quite simple to use, it's about on a par with the DOS edit command, however
it is a keyboard oriented editor. I think you will have to do this as
"root".
Then check the file to be sure that LILO is loading Linux from the partition
on which you have installed it. I'd almost bet that for some reason, the
configuration file is pointing to the DOS partition. Then in any case, when
you are sure that the configuration file is pointing to the Linux partition,
quit pico (the exit options are at the bottom of the display), saving any
changes you may have made there, and run the LILO tool by simply entering
the command lilo [ENTER] at the prompt. This will rewrite the LILO boot
loader to the MBR with your new configuration, or with the configuration in
the lilo.conf file. I do not know if this will work, but it sure sounds
better than another re-do! Let me know how it works out,
Ernie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
----- Original Message -----
From: Tony Zocolillo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 1999 2:23 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] dual boot setup
> Ernie,
>
> Thanks. I'm doing everyting the same as you did. I set LILO loader from
> linuxconfig program in KDE, but I'm not going into Linux when I choose
Linux
> from the menu during boot. I think the problem may be that lnx4Win.exe
> (which was installed in Windows98) is in the autoexec.bat and still trying
> to install Mandrake (even though it's already installed...thus, your
right,
> not partition space left and I crash). I'm going to try unistalling
> lnx4Win.exe in Win98 and clear the line from the autoexec.bat and see if
> that helps. I think my mistake was installing lnx4win.exe and not having
> enough partition space available for the parameter I set at the start of
> lnx4Win.exe...now, lnx4Win.exe is still trying to do that load, but can't
> because I already have the partitions full. Since lnx4Win.exe never
> finished it operation...the start is still in the bat file trying to
> finish....I think?
>
> Thanks again,
> Tony Zoccolillo
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ernie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, October 14, 1999 11:53 AM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] dual boot setup
> > I did not want to mess around with Linux for DOS or anything like that,
as
> I
> > wanted my Linux installation to be as simple and straight forward as
> > possible. I do a dual-boot with the LILO loader, and all works for me
> > without problems.
>
>
>
