[101072] in RedHat Linux List
Re: lilo options and Windows 9x
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jan Carlson)
Tue Nov 24 14:14:09 1998
Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 13:44:03 -0500
From: Jan Carlson <janc@iname.com>
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The NT and 98 partitions need to be set to bootable.
Leo wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I installed Windows 98 on a primary IDE drive. Once it was running, I
> made this drive the secondary, while leaving the primary my Linux+NT
> installation, having this configuration:
>
> Primary IDE drive: NT+Linux
> Secondary IDE drive: Windows 98
>
> I boot my computer using the NT Loader and configured lilo as explained
> in the Linux+NT-Loader mini HOWTO.
>
> I've added to the /etc/lilo.conf file an entry for botting Linux
> (image=...) and an entry for booting Win98 (other=...).
>
> When I run
>
> lilo -t
>
> it complains saying:
>
> Warning: BIOS drive 0x82 may not be accessible
>
> (or something like that)
>
> In the User-Manual.ps for lilo I read that lilo writes this warning
> because some old bioses cannot access secondary HD or floppy drives.
>
> My BIOS does see them, so there shouldn't be any problem.
>
> Anyway, I ran lilo, copied the boot sector so that the NT loader can
> boot LILO.
> Linux boots Ok, but when I select to boot Win98, the lilo loader
> complains:
>
> Error 0x01
>
> Just that.
> Any comments?
>
> I tried writing the following lines in the other=... section of
> lilo.conf
>
> other=/dev/hdd
> label=win
> loader=/boot/chain.b
> map-drive=0x82
> to=0x80
> map-drive=0x80
> to=0x82
>
> But, lilo -t displays the same warning, and the Error 0x01 still shows
> up.
>
> Thanx in advance,
>
> Leo
>
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