SuSE Linux 9.0 Windows XP Won't Boot - lilo
 

Hi folks,

I've been having this problem lately.

I boot up, and get to the screen where I select my OS. I then select Either Windows or Linux. Linux boots ok, but if i select Windows the screen goes black. I recon the problem may lie with lilo (my bootloader, recently changed from grub).

My partition setup is:

hda0,0: Dell Utility Parition (FAT32)
hda0,1: Windows XP (windows/C) (NTFS)
hda0,2: Linux Extended
hda0,4: Linux Swap
hda0,5: Linux (/)

The contents of /etc/lilo.conf are:

---
Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Tue Feb 3 21:44:27 2004


message = /boot/message
timeout = 80
prompt
default = Linux
boot = /dev/sda

image = /boot/vmlinuz
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label = Linux
initrd = /boot/initrd
optional
root = /dev/sda6
vga = 0x31a
append = "splash=silent desktop hdc=ide-scsi hdclun=0 showopts"

other = /dev/sda2
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: ###
label = Windows

image = /boot/vmlinuz
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: ###
label = Failsafe
initrd = /boot/initrd
optional
root = /dev/sda6
vga = normal
append = "showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off nosmp noapic maxcpus=0 3"
---

I don't know if this setup is correct or not really, I'm new to linux.

I have read a few tutorials which say windows should always be on the first partition of the first drive. But the utility parition is there, and always has been there.

I did try using the Windows XP Recovery Console to obtain a command-line interface, but after loading the Promise FastTrack TX2 Plus SATA RAID 0 driver I get a BSOD with bad_pool_call, probably refering to the driver being faulty?? (I get the same if i try and reinstall windows, could this be due to linux being on the hard drive, or is the driver more likely?)

Thanks for any help,

Erlend

does it show up as hda or sda???

go back to grub, easier dualbooting :)

if you decide to do that, I help you convert this bact to grub.

Hey just got it sorted now, by wiping the drive and starting from scratch. I am still interested in knowing what was wrong though.

Since I'm using RAID my drives were sda (however in grub/lilo they were denoted hda). Before I changed my configuration to lilo I took a note of my /boot/grub/menu.lst:

--
color white/blue black/light-gray
default 0
timeout 8
gfxmenu (hd0,5)/boot/message

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
title Linux
kernel (hd0,5)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda6 vga=0x31a splash=silent desktop hdc=ide-scsi hdclun=0 showopts
initrd (hd0,5)/boot/initrd

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: windows###
title Windows
root (hd0,1)
chainloader +1

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: floppy###
title Floppy
root (fd0)
chainloader +1

###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
title Failsafe
kernel (hd0,5)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/sda6 showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off vga=normal nosmp noapic maxcpus=0 3
initrd (hd0,5)/boot/initrd
--

Cheers,

Erlend

lilo conf
 

Your old lilo.conf shoulf be correct theen, except I think you might meed to add something in here:

other = /dev/sda2
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: ###
label = Windows

think you need a loader = /boot/chain.b??????


Take a peek at this - lilo.raid.conf


Have no experience with RAID, but then again everything is a learning experience!