[lug] Update: LILO won't boot windows

[C.E. Logan]

I heard a rumor that WinLinux will "see" some winmodems.
WinLinux self-installs as a desktop icon in Windows.
I've downloaded it (free) just to check it out, so far I can't get DSL to
work, but it looks like it might detect modems.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott T. Kelley" <kelleys at ucsu.colorado.edu>
To: <lug at lug.boulder.co.us>
Sent: Friday, January 05, 2001 12:06 PM
Subject: [lug] Update: LILO won't boot windows


>
> Thanks to those people who responded asking for more information so they
> could help me trouble shoot my problem booting windows after installing
> linux. Since I have a stupid win-modem at home I couldn't send back the
> information right away (I bought the modem awhile ago thinking that all
> externals were general purpose modems - silly me).
>
> So here is the information on my setup. I have two hard drives, one with
> windows and one with linux:
>
> (1) When I run fdisk on /dev/hda I get
>
> Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 523 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
>
>   Device    Boot    Start    End    Blocks    Id    System
> /dev/hda1    *            1    523    420096    b    Win95
>
> (2) My lilo.conf file reads:
>
> boot = /dev/hda
> map = /boot/map
> timeout = 50
> prompt
>     message = /boot/message
>     default = windows
>     vga = normal
>     read-only
> install=/boot/boot.b
> keytable=/boot/us.kit
> lba32
> menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
> image = /boot/vmlinux
>     label = linux
>     vga = 788
>     root = /dev/hdb1
> image = /boot/vmlinux
>     label = linux-nonfb
>     root = /dev/hdb1
> image = /boot/vmlinux
>     label = failsafe
>     append = "failsafe"
>     root = /dev/hdb1
> other = /dev/hda1
>     label = windows
>     table = /dev/hda
> other = /dev/fd0
>     label = floppy
>     unsafe
>
> The only thing I've tried was to change the label under others to Win95,
but
> that was unsuccessful.
>
> (3) The error I get when I boot linux is a mounting error for the windows

> hard drive. Not surprising but I'll give it to you anyway:
>
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda1
>             or too many mounted filesystems
>
> (4) Finally, I wrote tech support for Mandrake and they told me to try
GRUB
> instead of LILO. Here is there advice:
>
> Make a try with the other bootloader : GRUB
> Uninstall lilo : lilo -u
> Install GRUB with : /boot/grub/install.sh
> You can also setup this bootloader with Drakeboot in Drakconf
>
> I suppose it is another option if I can't get LILO to work. Does anyone
have
> an opinion on this?
>
> Thanks very much for any help you can send my way on these problems. This
is
> a terrific list!
>
> Cheers! -Scott
>
> -------------------
> Scott T. Kelley, Ph.D.
> Campus Box 347
> MCD Biology
> University of Colorado
> Boulder, CO 80309-0347
> Phone: (303) 735-1808
> Fax: (303) 492-7744
> E-mail: Scott.Kelley at Colorado.edu
>
>
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