Booting XP with LILO is not always convenient.
There is another method, booting with loadlin. ( That is the current method
I am now using..... )
1. Install dual boot with Windows 98/95 with XP. It is easy if you
installed XP on FAT-32/16 partition. But if you haved
installed XP on NTFS, you cannot use this method. ( But you can
reinstall XP on FAT-32 partition if it is already on NTFS)
To install dual boot 98 with XP,
a). Boot with 98/95 boot disk.
b). sys c:
c) Edit boot.ini and add entry for Windows 98. Here is a sample.
***********************
[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=C:\
[operating systems]
C:\="Microsoft Windows"
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP"
***********************
Now dual boot setup is finished.
2. Now, prepare to boot linux with loadlin.
a). md c:\linux
b). copy CD:\dosutils>loadlin.exe c:\linux ( loadlin.exe is loacated
on RH-9 CD-1 )
c). copy vmlinuz c:\linux (vmlinuz MUST BE /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-8
or /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.0 according to your lilo.conf )
( Kernel must be RH-9 kernel, you can copy from linux /boot
directory )
d). create a batch file to load Linux. Here is a smple batch file
--------Contents of c:\linux\rh9.bat ---------------
loadlin vmlinuz root=/dev/hda_X ( replace
with correct partition )
--------End of c:\linux\rh9.bat ---------------
3. Confirure CMOS to boot from XP installed Hard Disk.
4. Reboot.
5. After reboot, Windows XP boot loader will display such menu.
Windows 98
Microsoft Windows XP
If you want to boot to XP, just choose "Microsoft
Windows XP"
If you want to boot to linux,
1. Choose Windows 98
2.
a). cd c:\linux
b). rh9.bat
Note:- If you want to automate, just call
rh9.bat from AUTOEXEC.BAT.
Pls let me know, it is OK or NOT.
CHEER !!!!
Win Toe
Penguin Millennium
Hi-tech IT Training Centre
Yangon,Myanmar.
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----- Original Message -----
From: <ottohaliburton@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2004 6:40 AM
Subject: Re: Boot problems with LILO
> As I see it you have one major problem and that is it looks as though
winXP is on a slave drive and that's definitely a no-no. You maybe able to
salvage it by creating a small boot partition on hda or switch the disk if
the hdb disk is bootable and then reinstall lilo.
> > Well, I just tried to do it. My problem is that I can't boot my
> > WindowsXP disk using LILO. The content of /etc/lilo.conf is:
> >
> > prompt
> > timeout=50
> > default=linux
> > boot=/dev/hda
> > map=/boot/map
> > install=/boot/boot.b
> > message=/boot/message
> > lba32
> >
> > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-8
> > label=linux
> > initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.20-8.img
> > read-only
> > append="root=LABEL=/"
> >
> > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.0
> > label=linux-2.6.0
> > read-only
> >
> > other=/dev/hdb1
> > label=WindowsXP
> > table=/dev/hdb
> >
> > You see how it looks like now. Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Piotrek
> >
> > W liÅ>cie z nie, 04-01-2004, godz. 08:30, wintoe pisze:
> > > It will be just a guess to say exact problem.
> > > If you could include complete contents of /etc/lilo.conf, it will be
helpful
> > >
> > >
> > > Win Toe
> > > Penguin Millennium
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: Piotr G±siorowski <piotrek_gasi@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > To: Red Hat Mailing List <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 7:34 AM
> > > Subject: Boot problems with LILO
> > >
> > >
> > > > Hello everyone,
> > > >
> > > > I'm quite a newbie in Linux and I've got a question. I've got two
disk.
> > > > hda - Linux RH 9.0 ( hda1 - / , hda2 - /home, hda3 - swap ) and
hdb -
> > > > WindowsXP (hdb1 - NTFS partition ). I don't want to change my boot
> > > > device in BIOS and I've heard it's possible to choose from what
> > > > partition the system will boot in LILO. I've edited it like that:
> > > >
> > > > other=/dev/hdb1
> > > > label=WindowsXP
> > > > table=/dev/hdb
> > > >
> > > > than I run LILO and it doesn't show any problems. And when I restart
my
> > > > computer and choose WindowsXP in the menu, my PC stops. What should
I
> > > > do? Thanks for help in advance.
> > > >
> > > > Piotrek
> > > >
> > > >
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