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On 15 Feb 1995, Biggles Cheung wrote:
> I've just installed Slackware Pro and configure LILO to have DOS boot as 
> default and Linux with ALT, CTRL, or SHIFT (I thought) pressed on startup 
> and I chose to have LILO installed into MBR. But I failed, everytime DOS 
> is chosen as the OS to boot.

Just out of interest, once you pressed the ALT or CTRL or SHIFT key did 
you type in the partition name of your Linux partition?

> /dev/hda3 is Linux native starting from cylinder 1018 to cylinder 1424, 
> so I presume there is nothing wrong with boundary problem (>1024). 

Well, there is a problem with the 1024 boundary under Linux, if you have 
the latest Linux CDROM, check out the mini-FAQs on it. It'll tell you how 
to set up your H/D for a drive that has greater than 1024 cylinders.

> Disk 1 504 Megs 100% usage	C: 330 Mb
> 				D: 120 Mb
> 				E:  50 Mb

I would change your partition distribution, just give DOS one 100 MB 
partition, that's all it needs! ;-) I think that's what the main problem 
is. ;-) Linux gets a bit offended when it sees too much space reserved 
for DOS. ;-)

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