>>>>> "k" == kompukit  <Admin> writes:

k> Ok...thanks...NOW I only see...a linux option and a win98 option...
k> BUT ...I STILL can't boot into win98 (on the scsi drive)...after
k> selecting it.
k> WHY?

>From what I see below, this stanza is booting win98:

other=/dev/sda1
 optional
 table=/dev/sda
 label="Win98"


Have you tried changing:

other=/dev/sda1
to:
other=/dev/sda

and re-running lilo -v -v



k> also, I got the modem working...but not the way it should be,
k> and when it connects, its connection speed is intermittent...and
k> changing.
k> it's also a 56k external modemblaster.

k> also got the printer working fine, no problems.

k> Ray Curtis wrote:
>> 
>> >>>>> "k" == kompukit  <Admin> writes:
>> 
k> this is my current lilo.conf
k> as for the drive win98 is on...it's sda1
>> 
k> boot="/dev/hda"
k> map=/boot/map
k> install=/boot/boot.b
k> prompt
k> timeout="50"
k> message=/boot/message
k> linear
k> default=linux
>> 
k> image="/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.2-2"
k> label="linux"
k> initrd="/boot/initrd-2.4.2-2.img"
k> read=only
k> root="/dev/hda5"
k> append="hdd=ide-scsi"
>> 
k> other=/dev/sda1
k> optional
k> table=/dev/sda
k> label="Win98"
>> 
>> Delete the next entries completely, totally  duplicates
>> and the  second other= is why it gave you the dos entry.
>> 
>> So if I understand what you have here, you have two drives
>> hda & sda.
>> /dev/hda is a linux drive where hda5 is the / partition.
>> /dev/sda is the win98 drive that is a single partition.
>> 
k> image="/dev/sda1"
k> root="/dev/hda5"
k> initrd="/boot/initrd-2.4.2-2.img"
k> append="hdd=ide-scsi"
>> 
k> image="/dev/sda1"
k> root="/dev/hda5"
k> initrd="/boot/initrd-2.4.2-2.img"
k> append="hdd=ide-scsi"
>> 
k> image="/dev/sda1"
k> root="/dev/hda5"
k> initrd="/boot/initrd-2.4.2-2.img"
k> append="hdd=ide-scsi"
>> 
k> other=
k> label=""
>> 
>> Now, re-run lilo -v -v and then reboot.
>> 


-- 
Ray Curtis         Unix Programmer/Consultant   Curtis Consulting
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