I cant get the OS boot menu

Skyline · 09-20-2003, 12:20 PM

Glad to be of help Tim.

soulfly · 09-20-2003, 04:05 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Skyline
K
Terminals
Console (Terminal Program)

su
root password

kedit /etc/lilo.conf

Put this in at the bottom

other = /dev/hda1
table = /dev/hda
label = "Windows"

then save the file

close it

then as root user again

/sbin/lilo

to make the changes take effect

I've got a pretty similar problem - could you help me out too? Because I guess this "kedit xx" command works for KDE environment; what do I (in GNOME) need to type in order to open that file for once (I messed something up and GRUB doesn't boot WinXP). Thanks.

soulfly · 09-20-2003, 04:10 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by arunshivanandan
also
in grub,
hda is hd0
hda1 is (hd0,0)
hdb is hd1
hdb3 is (hd1,2)

Oh yes and, this is silly but, in grub, what are hda2 and hda5 ?

soulfly · 09-20-2003, 05:07 PM

Ok, I've figured out it's the "gedit" command.
So is hda2 - (hd1,1)??
My XP is on hda2, which in HW Browser extends to a single branch named hda5; for what purpose I don't really know. Now, what do I type in grub.conf, this:
...
rootnoverify (hd1, 4)
makeactive
>>do I need to use the "map" command? what's it for anyway?<<
chainloader +1

?

timmy toad · 09-20-2003, 05:43 PM

hiya matey, I am more of a newbie than you are, my experience with Linux is just ONE DAY old today.

maybe someone else will try to help you.

tim