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Hi all,

forgive me, but I am pretty sure, this has been asked and solved before. But after searching the forums here and the web I have found tons of contributions describing similar problems, just not exactly what I am looking for. If I just have overlooked something, I't be grateful for a pointer.

Here's my problem.

I set up a new machine with two identical SATA harddiscs.

1. Partitioning

Code:

sda1 swap

sda2 Linux RAID Autodetect

sda3 NTFS

sda4 Linux RAID Autodetect

and exactly the same for /dev/sdb.

2. Installation of Windows 7
After installing Windows 7 to /dev/sda3, it worked quite well.

3. Software RAID-1, LVM and LUKS
Not sure, how relevant this information is for my problem, but just in case it I include it. The software RAID partitions are:

Code:

/dev/md0: /dev/sda2, /dev/sdb2

/dev/md1: /dev/sda4, /dev/sdb4

The NTFS partitions are not part of any array.
Then I set up the RAID, encrypted /dev/md1 with LUKS, and set up logical volumes using LVM. /dev/cryptvg/root is now mounted under /, and /dev/cryptvg/home is mounted under /home. I guess this is all irrelevant for my problem, but I am not sure, so I mention it just for competeness.

4. Installation of Slackware 12.2 and Multi-boot LILO setup
Finally I installed Slackware 12.2 to the system, set up /etc/lilo.conf for multiboot of Win and Lin, and installed it to the MBR of /dev/md1. The "Other" section points to /dev/sda3, which is the system partition of my previous Windows 7 install (i. e. drive "C:").

Result: Linux good, Windows lost bootloader
Slackwware 12.2 boots properly. But selecting "Windows" in the LILO boot menu gets me an error message: "No Bootloader".

I hope someone can give me a clue, what to look for. Here is my setup.

/etc/lilo.conf.

Code:

# LILO configuration file

# generated by 'liloconfig'

#

# Start LILO global section

# Append any additional kernel parameters:

append=" vt.default_utf8=1"

boot = /dev/md0

raid-extra-boot = mbr-only



[...]



# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x256

vga = 773



[...]



# Linux bootable partition config begins

image = /boot/vmlinuz

  initrd = /boot/initrd.gz

  root = /dev/cryptvg/root

  label = Linux

  read-only

# Linux bootable partition config ends

# Windows bootable partition config begins

other = /dev/sda3

  label = Windows

#  table = /dev/sda

# Windows bootable partition config ends

/etc/fstab

Code:

/dev/sda1        swap            swap        defaults        0  0

/dev/sdb1        swap            swap        defaults        0  0

/dev/cryptvg/root /                ext3        defaults        1  1

/dev/cryptvg/home /home            ext3        defaults        1  2

/dev/md0        /boot            ext2        defaults        1  2

/dev/sda3        /windows/C      ntfs-3g    umask=077        1  0

/dev/sdb3        /windows/D      ntfs-3g    umask=000        1  0

#/dev/cdrom      /mnt/cdrom      auto        noauto,owner,ro  0  0

/dev/fd0        /mnt/floppy      auto        noauto,owner    0  0

devpts          /dev/pts        devpts      gid=5,mode=620  0  0

proc            /proc            proc        defaults        0  0

tmpfs            /dev/shm        tmpfs      defaults        0  0

/dev/sda2, which is part of /dev/md0, is marked as "bootable". Could this be the problem?

I wouldn't mind to re-install Windows 7, but I wouldn't want to affect my Linux install with this, if possible. Is there a way, and would it help, at all?

Thanks for any hints and tips that point me in the right direction.

gargamel