take a look at /etc/lilo.conf
make sure it points to the right partitions and everything is right as far
as you can tell. Should look like:
boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot.b
prompt
timeout=50
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.x-xx
label=linux
root=/dev/hdax
read-only
other=/dev/hdax
label=win
table=/dev/hda
Then ou need to run /sbin/lilo as root to update your MBR. The next time
you boot, you should get a prompt.
Andy
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave DeGear" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2000 3:35 PM
Subject: [newbie] Dual Boot
> I have a dual boot computer with W2K and Mandrake 7.2 on it. The Windows
> boots from drive C: and the Mandrake is on /dev/hdb5 . When it was
> installing I was asked which drive the Linux was booting from and I said
> /dev/hdb5. I then made a backup boot disk for the Linux. The problem is
> that my computer will only boot Linux from the floppy and if I try to boot
> it from the Lilo in the MBR I get an error message that /dev/hdb5 is not
> bootable. How do I make my Linux partition bootable so that I won't need
to
> use the rescue diskette to boot it. Both W2K and Linux show up as options
> in the lilo menu. I have checked the lilo.conf to make sure that the
Linux
> is pointing to /dev/hdb5 and have rerun lilo several times.
>
> Thanks. ...Dave
>
>
>
>
