Did you install mandrake or linux first? Has Windows ever booted properly
in that configuration on its own (ie before you installed Mandrake)??
I have a feeling that Windows wont boot because it needs to be on the first
partition on the first drive or it gets really mad. Try setting it up as
follows;
hda1 - fat32 windows
hda5 - ext2 mandrake
hdb1 - swap
hdb5 - fat32 data
That ought to work - basically if you just make sure you install windows
first it will select the right drive/partition etc it wants to be on and
then go from there and install linux.
Wylie
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Aussie
Sent: Wednesday, 11 April 2001 12:50 AM
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Subject: [SLUG] LILO refuses to boot Windows.
I have recently installed a Windows system with Mandrake Linux from the
APC
pocketbook CD. While Mandrake boots well and runs nicely, Windows refuses to
boot and hangs the system attempting to do so.
The configuration for the hard drives is as follows.
hda1 - swap drive [active]
hda5 - ext2 (Mandrake)
hdb1 - fat32 [active] (Windows 98SE)
hdb5 - fat32 data (Windows programs)
I've checked the conf files, and they show up correctly. Additionally, the
windows partitions are mounted under Mandrake and I have no problem both
reading from and writing to those partitions.
If I swap hda and hdb, Windows boots straight up, so the drive is
definitely
bootable.
Any ideas?
Aussie
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