> 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) Yes, but is it another method excluding change of file systems. I would have to erase all my data while formating partiton ( I've got only one partition for Windows XP ). But if not, I'll do it, I'll let you know if I succeed. Thanks a lot. > 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:linuxrh9.bat --------------- > loadlin vmlinuz root=/dev/hda_X ( replace > with correct partition ) > --------End of c:linuxrh9.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. > Tel: +95-01-537373 > E-Mail : penguin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > ----- 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 liĹ>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 GÂąsiorowski <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? 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