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Started by Biggles Cheung
Wed, 15 Feb 1995 05:36
LILO won't work !??
Author: Biggles Cheung
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 05:36
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 05:36
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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.
Linux can be boot from floppy without problem.
Could someone explain why and what the difference between installing LILO
into MBR or SUPERBLOCK is?
I have 1 GIG hd with /dev/hda1 for primary partition of DOS (C:\>)
/dev/hda2 for extended partition of DOS ( hda4 for D:\> & hda5 for E:\> ).
/dev/hda3 is Linux native starting from cylinder 1018 to cylinder 1424,
so I presume there is nothing wrong with boundary problem (>1024).
BTW, Linux fdisk reports different physical and logical ending of /dev/hda3
phys (1023, 15, 63) logical (1423,15,63)
and more reports of differences if I have more Linux partitions after
/dev/hda3, does this matter? or I can simple ignore it.
For your reference, DOS fdisk reports as follow
Disk 1 504 Megs 100% usage C: 330 Mb
D: 120 Mb
E: 50 Mb
while non-dos partition is using the rest of my 1 Gig HD.
Many thanks !
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Re: LILO won't work !??
Author: Andrew Morris
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 12:29
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 1995 12:29
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Biggles Cheung (biggles@werple.mira.net.au) 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.
: Linux can be boot from floppy without problem.
it usually can be booted from a floppy..
: I have 1 GIG hd with /dev/hda1 for primary partition of DOS (C:\>)
: /dev/hda2 for extended partition of DOS ( hda4 for D:\> & hda5 for E:\> ).
why 3 partitions for dos?
dos is only WORTH 1 partition... and a small one at that....
: /dev/hda3 is Linux native starting from cylinder 1018 to cylinder 1424,
: so I presume there is nothing wrong with boundary problem (>1024).
: BTW, Linux fdisk reports different physical and logical ending of /dev/hda3
: phys (1023, 15, 63) logical (1423,15,63)
: and more reports of differences if I have more Linux partitions after
: /dev/hda3, does this matter? or I can simple ignore it.
: For your reference, DOS fdisk reports as follow
: Disk 1 504 Megs 100% usage C: 330 Mb
: D: 120 Mb
: E: 50 Mb
:
: while non-dos partition is using the rest of my 1 Gig HD.
how about you use loadlin? it is my personal choice, and it also loads a
damn side faster than floppy boot, and for some reason lilo on my box
:)
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Re: LILO won't work !??
Author: Steve Ellison
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 1995 04:43
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 1995 04:43
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Make sure you are using a compressed kernel as if you are not then it will
be to large, according to lilo, and so it only installs the dos as specified.
This error appears to be masked if you use the colour lilo config. I only
found the problem when I used the QuickInst in /usr/lib/lilo. This may be
the problem but I don't know.
Happy hunting Steve E.
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Biggles Cheung (biggles@werple.mira.net.au) 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.
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Re: LILO won't work !??
Author: Mick J Hellstrom
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 1995 23:26
Date: Thu, 16 Feb 1995 23:26
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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. ;-) -- +-------------FROM: Mick J Hellstrom--------------+ | Email:mick@jtec.com.au | Venimus, | | Ph: +61 2 390 0188 | Vidimus, | | | Dolavimus | | Cruci dum spiro fido | #include <std_discl.h> | +------------------------+------------------------+
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