[lug] LILO and Windows Safe Mode

[Warren Sanders]

I always have used F8 the moment you hear the beep or when you see loading
Windows 98.  I have heard others say F5 does safe-mode, but F8 gives you
more choices. I would first do the step by step confirmation selection.

On Sun, 5 Nov 2000, Mike McCallister wrote:

> Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2000 15:26:41 -0800
> From: Mike McCallister <workingwriter at email.com>
> Reply-To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
> Subject: [lug] LILO and Windows Safe Mode
> 
> Hi Folks!
> 
> I'm running Corel/Debian and Win98 SE on the same physical hard drive. As per
> usual, Windows is acting strangely and will not completely boot (it loads the
> desktop and as the taskbar is supposed to load, it hangs). Unfortunately, I
> cannot get into safe mode to figure out what's hanging the process up. When
> LILO boots to Windows, it starts the normal Win98 boot process (i.e., the cloud
> screen comes up), and there's no way to get to the boot menu and/or safe mode.
> I've tried using the Win98 startup disk, but that was no help at all (surprise,
> surprise). 
> 
> At this point, I'm guessing I'll have to edit lilo.conf to add another boot
> point, but I don't know what to put there. Or is there another way to get to the
> Windows boot menu? Thanks for your help. 
> 
> 

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Warren Sanders
http://MontanaLinux.Org