I think my lilo.conf file is correct but i am still getting the error msg and will not boot so i was wondering if you guys could check my conf and see if i am doing something wrong...i prob am too since i am being a newb and all

# Start LILO global section
lba32
boot = /dev/hdb
message = /boot/boot_message.txt
prompt
timeout = 1200
# Override dangerous defaults that rewrite the partition table:
change-rules
reset
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x256
vga = 773

# DOS bootable partition config begins
other = /dev/hdb1
label = xp
table = /dev/hdb
# DOS bootable partition config ends
# Linux bootable partition config begins
image = /boot/vmlinuz
root = /dev/hdb3
label = slack
read-only


And here is my partition table
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hdb1 * 1 1275 10241406 c Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/hdb2 1944 7297 43006005 f Win95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/hdb3 * 1276 1849 4610655 83 Linux
/dev/hdb4 1850 1943 755055 82 Linux swap
/dev/hdb5 1944 7297 43005973+ b Win95 FAT32

Thanks

which device in your bios is set to boot? hdb is usually a second hd, if this is the case, make sure your bios is booting the second hd and not the first.

Cool

Do you have another hard disk? hdb is usually second.

hmmmm hdb is the only HD i got....i will try HDA and see what happens..

okay well it won't even let me change to hda..giving me
Fatal: open /dev/hda: Read-only file system

and the bios is booting from the second hd since i was just booting xp just fine few hours ago, and mandy was booting fine too...
what to do..what to do....

i am going to try nuking mbr with fdisk and reinstall lilo and see what happens

Make sure BIOS was booting from HDD1, not HDD2 since the first harddisk is HDD0.

Edit: Never mind. I missed the part about XP/Mandy.

Okay..that didn't work...and note: if more than one partition table is set to be active, doing fdisk /mbr will not fix ur MBR!! took me some time to figure out why i couldn't boot to xp heheh anyways, lilo is still fubared and i am using floopy to access linux for now but i want to be able to dual boot!!

nevermind i just installed GRUB instead works like a charm