Xp + Linux boot

Crack_X · 07-24-2003, 11:27 PM

Hi im new here , im having some problem booting , i install xp on hda then linux on hdb , when i try to boot i guet this: 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 99 9 .............. and after a while it asks me if i whant to try it again. Is there any way to install xp on hda and linux on hdb and boot with lilo and having acces to boot to xp from lilo??

Thanks

DrOzz · 07-24-2003, 11:33 PM

explain the steps you took in going about doing all this? how did you partion, and with what, or in dealing with linux did you let it do it by itself...which one did you install first ... did you make the proper changes to the lilo.conf file..etc,etc

Crack_X · 07-24-2003, 11:53 PM

I installed xp first on hda , then linux mandrake 9.1 on hdb , i took the option that linux makes its own partition and put the boot in mrb , rebooted and got 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9.

Its my first time installing linux.

taarnak · 07-25-2003, 12:47 AM

I'm using grub but I believe the syntax is the same for Lilo.
This is how I have my bootloader configuration set up and it works fine:

title linux
kernel (hd1,0)/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdd2 hdb=ide-scsi vga=788
initrd (hd1,0)/initrd

title windows
root (hd1)
rootnoverify (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1

Crack_X · 07-25-2003, 11:58 AM

Any other way , or ideo on how to install them??