[ILUG] lilo problems

[Gerard Gorman]

Niall wrote:

> >> and I have lilo.conf as follows:
> >>
> >> boot=/dev/hda6
>
> >There's your problem. You're installing LILO in the boot sector of the
> >linux partition. If you do that, something else (which will be loaded from
> >the hard disk's MBR or Master Boot Record) has to control the initial boot
> >and pass control to the LILO boot sector e.g. the Make Partition Active
> >option in DOS/NT FDISK. I don't know if they (i.e. other boot sector
> >managers) will allow you to make the extended partition active although a
> >program called activate ships with Linux should enable you to do that. If
> >OTOH you change that line to
>
> >boot=/dev/hda
>

Well I had that working on another machine before with the following
lilo.confboot=/dev/hda2
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=50
root=/dev/hda2

image=/boot/kernel2.0.35
        label=linux
        read-only
other=/dev/hda1
        label=Hell
        table=/dev/hda

Hell being NT

I had the hda6 toggled as the bootable partition (Is that what you mean by
active?) Though I havn't been able to find out if there is a problem with it
being an expended partition. NT "has" to get the MBR or it simply won't work
(I'm open to correction on this though I doubt if there's any forthcoming).

I think I'll spend a small bit longer seeing if I can get lilo to do it and
then I think I'll have to go with the NT-bootloader suggestion. (Thanks for the
recipe John)

later
g