[lug] Windoze/Linux and no lilo

[John Starkey]

Thanks for the replies everyone. We finally got it resolved.

We changed boot=/dev/hda6 to /dev/hda added lba32 and commented out
linear.

Another MCSE is now hooked on Linux, lol.

John

On Tue, 2002-04-09 at 00:05, Bear Giles wrote:
> > A friend just asked me how to get lilo working on a system that had
> > Windows and he installed RH as a dual boot. Somehow lilo isn't being
> > recognized on boot, it's booting straight into Windows.
> 
> Windows is notorious for installing its own bootloader.  The
> residential class OSes are also notorious for interpreting
> non-Windows partitions as "unused" partitions that should be
> formatted for use by Windows, since otherwise the space is
> going to waste.
> 
> That's why I (and many others) have strict policies that Windows
> must have its own disk, and it must be the only disk in the system
> when updating the Windows OS.  The disk is temporarily the master 
> on that IDE channel.
> 
> But in practice that disk is made the secondary disk on the IDE
> channel, and the LILO config swaps /dev/hda and /dev/hdb before
> handing off control.  That makes Windows think that it's on
> drive C: and it seems to be unable to see the Linux disks.
> 
> Some people manage to run with dual-boot systems on a single disk,
> but I've seen too many Linux installations go *poof* to be comfortable
> with that.
> 
> > Anyone know how to do this? I've run into this on a new system, a year
> > ago, and I reinstalled both OSes. Is there a way to force lilo on boot?
> 
> Reinstall LILO, and never reinstall Windows without a rescue disk
> handy because Windows WILL reinstall its own boot loader.
> 
> Bear
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