Re: Lilo: How to install it? ( Part II )
That isn't going to work. The Windows 95 boot manager doesn't exist. I don't know what URL you are referring to, but I am willing to bet that it talks about the windows nt boot manager, which will boot linux. 95 will only boot itself and a previous DOS operating system, and the latter only if you previously had windows 3.1 installed and chose to install 95 from the upgrade package in a separate windows directory. It's a bit too limited to boot linux from. Chris Smith OU On 22 Jan 1998, Stephen Zander wrote: I'd suggest adding Linux to the standard Win95 boot manager. There's a URL (which escapes me) that goes into this for Win95/WinNT dual-boot with Linux. Search the list archives. -- Stephen --- Normality is a statistical illusion. -- me -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Lilo: How to install it? ( Part II )
On Thu, Jan 22, 1998 at 02:16:08PM -0600, Chris Smith wrote: 95 will only boot itself and a previous DOS operating system, and the latter only if you previously had windows 3.1 installed and chose to install 95 from the upgrade package in a separate windows directory. It's a bit too limited to boot linux from. Ah! but the trick is to get the previous DOS Autoexec.bat/dos file to use Loadlin. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Lilo: How to install it? ( Part II )
Ivan Rojas writes: Well, tanks to all that helped me last week with the lilo problem, but I'm stil in trouble with it. I got Lilo to boot, I mean when the computer starts lilo appears asking for what OS to launch. If I select Linux it goes ok, but if I select Win95 ( default ) it will launch lilo again!(??) My lilo.conf is: Faulty! Make the following changes and re-run LILO. That should fix you up! boot=/dev/hda1 Boot partition: Do you really want the Win95 boot sector over-written? I recommend either use the MBR (master boot record) or the Linux boot sector as follows: boot=/dev/hda ## MBR - head off Win95 and jump directly to LILO OR boot=/dev/hda2 ## Use Linux to boot Linux. Your choice, if you elect to use the MBR, make Win95 the active partition. If you elect to use Linux, make Linux the active partition. install=/kernel/boot/boot.b map=/kernel/boot/map delay=50 timeout=70 compact prompt default=Win95 image=/kernel/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb1 label=Linux vga=normal This next section need re-working... other=Win95 label=Win95 loader=/kernel/boot/chain.b Change the above to read: other=/dev/hda1 table=/dev/hda label=Win95 -- -= Sent by Debian 1.3 Linux =- Thomas Kocourek KD4CIK @[EMAIL PROTECTED]@westgac3.dragon.com Remove @_@ for correct Email address --... ...-- ... -.. . -.- -.. - -.-. .. -.- -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Lilo: How to install it? ( Part II )
Faulty! Make the following changes and re-run LILO. That should fix you up! I would fix him up if the Win95 boot sector hadn't already been overwritten. As is, that will just keep the problem from happening again. This guy has got to sys c: from Win95 as well, to restore the old 95 boot sector. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
RE: Lilo: How to install it? ( Part II )
Thanks to all that have posted to this thread. Last night finally got it to work and no more boot from floppy ;o) The final lilo.conf was: boot=/dev/hda install=/kernel/boot/boot.b map=/kernel/boot/map delay=50 timeout=70 compact prompt default=Win95 image=/kernel/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb1 label=Linux vga=normal other=/dev/hda1 label=Win95 table=/dev/hda All the prior faulty attemps were solved using lilo -u, that restore the boot record in /dev/hda1 which I had as boot originally. FYI, I found very helpfull tips in these urls: http://sunsite.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/ - Very nice Linux HOWTO by Greg Hankins http://sunsite.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/mini/Linux+Win95.html - Handy one by Jonathan Katz http://www.compuclinic.com/osr2faq/ - for those who are using Win95 OSR2 Best regards, ** Ivan Rojas Liikkuva Systems Intl. RD Engineer/Sys. Admin. http://www.liikkuva.com mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** On Friday, January 23, 1998 8:07 AM, Chris Smith [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Faulty! Make the following changes and re-run LILO. That should fix you up! I would fix him up if the Win95 boot sector hadn't already been overwritten. As is, that will just keep the problem from happening again. This guy has got to sys c: from Win95 as well, to restore the old 95 boot sector. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Lilo: How to install it? ( Part II )
Well, tanks to all that helped me last week with the lilo problem, but I'm stil in trouble with it. I got Lilo to boot, I mean when the computer starts lilo appears asking for what OS to launch. If I select Linux it goes ok, but if I select Win95 ( default ) it will launch lilo again!(??) My lilo.conf is: boot=/dev/hda1 install=/kernel/boot/boot.b map=/kernel/boot/map delay=50 timeout=70 compact prompt default=Win95 image=/kernel/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb1 label=Linux vga=normal other=Win95 label=Win95 loader=/kernel/boot/chain.b And my partitions: /dev/hda1 -- Win95 /dev/hda2 -- Linux partition mounted in /kernel ( about 10 MBytes big at the end of hda ) /dev/hdb -- Linux mounted in / I really appreciate any help. ** Ivan Rojas Liikkuva Systems Intl. RD Engineer/Sys. Admin. http://www.liikkuva.com mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Lilo: How to install it? ( Part II )
For win95 I use: other=/dev/hda1 label=Win table=/dev/hda On Thu, 22 Jan 1998, Ivan Rojas wrote: Well, tanks to all that helped me last week with the lilo problem, but I'm stil in trouble with it. I got Lilo to boot, I mean when the computer starts lilo appears asking for what OS to launch. If I select Linux it goes ok, but if I select Win95 ( default ) it will launch lilo again!(??) My lilo.conf is: boot=/dev/hda1 install=/kernel/boot/boot.b map=/kernel/boot/map delay=50 timeout=70 compact prompt default=Win95 image=/kernel/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb1 label=Linux vga=normal other=Win95 label=Win95 loader=/kernel/boot/chain.b And my partitions: /dev/hda1 -- Win95 /dev/hda2 -- Linux partition mounted in /kernel ( about 10 MBytes big at the end of hda ) /dev/hdb -- Linux mounted in / I really appreciate any help. ** Ivan Rojas Liikkuva Systems Intl. RD Engineer/Sys. Admin. http://www.liikkuva.com mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Lilo: How to install it? ( Part II )
On Thu, Jan 22, 1998 at 09:01:58AM -0800, Ivan Rojas wrote: Well, tanks to all that helped me last week with the lilo problem, but I'm stil in trouble with it. I got Lilo to boot, I mean when the computer starts lilo appears asking for what OS to launch. If I select Linux it goes ok, but if I select Win95 ( default ) it will launch lilo again!(??) My lilo.conf is: boot=/dev/hda1 install=/kernel/boot/boot.b map=/kernel/boot/map delay=50 timeout=70 compact prompt default=Win95 image=/kernel/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb1 label=Linux vga=normal other=Win95 label=Win95 loader=/kernel/boot/chain.b And my partitions: /dev/hda1 -- Win95 /dev/hda2 -- Linux partition mounted in /kernel ( about 10 MBytes big at the end of hda ) /dev/hdb -- Linux mounted in / I really appreciate any help. I think you need to add 'table=/dev/hda' to the Win95 section. Adam Klein -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Lilo: How to install it? ( Part II )
I think the problem is different here. You see, what is happening in the lilo.conf shown (at least to the best of my understanding, and I am no expert) is that LILO is installed on /dev/hda1 -- that is, the first partition. The stanza you show would just boot from the first partition, effectively causing the same thing... booting LILO again. I'm not sure exactly what the best solution is, but the problem could be solved by either... - Changing the first line to boot=/dev/hda, thus installing an MBR, and then restoring the Windows boot sector on /dev/hda1 (which may be stored somewhere in /boot -- or in this case /kernel/boot -- or may need to be restored by booting from a Windows 95 boot disk and typing SYS C:), and then rerunning LILO with the stanza that Steve suggested. - Again restoring the Windows boot sector as described, installing LILO on /dev/hda2, and setting it active, and using that stanza. - Using some options I don't know about because I'm not an expert here. This looks like what you were trying to do with chain.b. I have no idea what chain.b does, and so I can't help you there. C'ya, Chris Smith OU On Thu, 22 Jan 1998, Steve Hsieh wrote: For win95 I use: other=/dev/hda1 label=Win table=/dev/hda boot=/dev/hda1 install=/kernel/boot/boot.b map=/kernel/boot/map delay=50 timeout=70 compact prompt default=Win95 image=/kernel/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb1 label=Linux vga=normal other=Win95 label=Win95 loader=/kernel/boot/chain.b And my partitions: /dev/hda1 -- Win95 /dev/hda2 -- Linux partition mounted in /kernel ( about 10 MBytes big at the end of hda ) /dev/hdb -- Linux mounted in / I really appreciate any help. ** Ivan Rojas Liikkuva Systems Intl. RD Engineer/Sys. Admin. http://www.liikkuva.com mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Lilo: How to install it? ( Part II )
Chris Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: - Using some options I don't know about because I'm not an expert here. This looks like what you were trying to do with chain.b. I have no idea what chain.b does, and so I can't help you there. I'd suggest adding Linux to the standard Win95 boot manager. There's a URL (which escapes me) that goes into this for Win95/WinNT dual-boot with Linux. Search the list archives. -- Stephen --- Normality is a statistical illusion. -- me -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Lilo: How to install it? ( Part II )
On Thu, 22 Jan 1998, Stephen Zander wrote: Chris Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [...] I'd suggest adding Linux to the standard Win95 boot manager. There's a URL (which escapes me) that goes into this for Win95/WinNT dual-boot with Linux. Search the list archives. I looked at the list archives, I didnt' find anything. There is no search engine (yet). Steve, if you could find that URL, and post it I'd be greatful. Or if someone else has it ... please, post it, or mail it directly to me. Many thanks. --David -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
Re: Lilo: How to install it? ( Part II )
David B. Teague wrote: Steve, if you could find that URL, and post it I'd be greatful. Or if someone else has it ... please, post it, or mail it directly to me. see the HOWTOs at: http://sunsite.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/ you'll find Win95+Linux and the WinNT+Linux HOWTO's there. the Lilo HOWTO is very informative as well. m* -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word unsubscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
