this is odd... I shutdown completely....then restarted the machine... when i seen the screen with the redhat blue screen giving the selections for booting it gave the following two selections:
linux dos so I chose "dos" when I did this... it changed to a black screen and at the top said "loading dos" ...but thats all that happened...it seemed to just freeze so i shutdown again. why is this...if i edited fstab ...then lilo.conf? I don't understand Ray Curtis wrote: > > >>>>> "k" == kompukit <Admin> writes: > > k> ok...didn't get any error messages...when i did the rerun of lilo...but > k> I don't see any > k> changes in booting selections...when I rebooted, all i see...is text > k> messages displayed while it boots. > k> perhaps i should shutdown completely, instead of just rebooting. > > Not sure if I fully understand what you are asking here. > When you ran " lilo -v -v " it did show the stanza for win98 ? > If it did and didn't show any errors, when you reboot when it > gets to the prompt to choose, hit the tab key to show what you > have to select and it should show, linux and win98. > Instead of choosing linux this time choose win98, that is assuming > you entered the same info as shown below. > > k> as soon as i can get this setup to allow me the "option" to select win98 > k> to boot...i can move onto getting my modem working...and can then > k> send you the messages...and/or errors....ok > > k> Ray Curtis wrote: > >> > >> >>>>> "k" == kompukit <Admin> writes: > >> > k> ok...I figure out that much...and before I read this email...I did > k> what you suggested already...then I edited fstab to reflect this > k> change... > k> and now...I can access it...fine, > k> thanks... > k> but, now what i need to do...is be able to setup lilo > k> so that upon boot...I can select between redhat and win 98 to then > k> boot... > k> as i was able to do in mandrake...how do I do this? > >> > >> Sorry I went out and couldn't finish my first reply to your question > >> but looks like you got it going. > >> > >> So to add it lilo, you need another stanza to /etc/lilo.conf > >> > >> So add this: > >> > >> other=/dev/sda1 > >> table=/dev/sda > >> label=win98 > >> > >> Then re-run lilo: > >> > >> lilo -v -v > >> > >> Look for any errors and if not reboot. > >> > k> also having trouble with setting up my printer....and external modem... > k> but thats for later... > k> thanks so much for helping me get this far... > >> > >> This time if you have problems with these be sure to include error > >> messages. > >> > >> Good luck, > >> > k> "Ashley M. Kirchner" wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Admin wrote: > >> >> > >> >> > Device Boot Start End Blocks ID System > >> >> > /dev/sda1 1 1106 8883913 c Win95 > >> >> > Fat32 (LBA) > >> >> > > >> >> > I don't understand why it says win95, as I run win98 2nd ed, > >> >> > >> >> System Types are the same between Win95 and 98. > >> >> > >> >> > but this seems > >> >> > like this is my scsi drive....so it appears redhat has seen the scsi at > >> >> > least... so says the dmesq also > >> >> > > >> >> > what do i do now? > >> >> > >> >> $ mkdir /mnt/win98 > >> >> $ mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/win98 > >> >> > >> >> This will mount that partition under /mnt/win98 where you can go list (ls) it >and do whatever you need to do. > >> >> > >> > >> -- > >> Ray Curtis Curtis Consulting http://www.ccux.com > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Redhat-list mailing list > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > k> _______________________________________________ > k> Redhat-list mailing list > k> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > k> https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > -- > Ray Curtis Curtis Consulting http://www.ccux.com > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
