how do i hide my linux drive when booting windows
Here's my lilo.conf, i got rid of all the comments but other than that this is it:
lba32 boot=/dev/hda root=/dev/hdb2 install=/boot/boot-menu.b map=/boot/map delay=20 prompt timeout=150 vga=normal default=Linux image=/vmlinuz label=Linux read-only image=/vmlinuz.old label=LinuxOLD read-only optional other=/dev/hda1 label="Windows(hda1)" -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How can I hide my Linux hard drive (hdb) when booting into windows (hda1)? I've googled this several times over the past couple days and havent found much useful, man lilo also didnt give me anything useful. thanx for the help! spiderworm |
Not sure exactly what you mean.
Do you mean hide it in Disk Management in Windows? i.e. where it displays "unknown" partition etc, or do you mean hide the hardware device (disk) in windows? IMNSHO, it's a good idea to be aware of Linux partitions on a drive shared between OS's - it prevents cockups. And why did you post your lilo.conf? If you want to be able to boot straight into Windows (i.e. not use Lilo or not have Linux listed in Lilo.conf), make a boot disk for linux, then reinstall the Windows MBR using a bootable win floppy or install disk. You'll boot into Windows by default and use the Linux boot floppy to load linux. |
He means hide it so Windows doesn't hang while wondering what it is at bootup. He posted his lilo.conf in the hope of using it for hiding the Linux partition. Try the deactivate command; take a look at this: http://www.wwnet.net/~stevelim/booting.html
I found it by searching google for lilo & hide. |
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spidey |
Even more interesting results come up if you put ' lilo "hide linux" '.
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from http://www.wwnet.net/~stevelim/booting.html i get this example:
partition = /dev/hda1 activate # Activate the partition DOS is being booted set = DOS16_big_normal # from and make sure it is not hidden since my hda1 is 20 gigs and it's FAT32, do I set = DOS32_big_normal instead of DOS16..., or anything like that? Also, I'm only modifying the entry in lilo.conf for my hda1 partition, if somehow that screws up my boot into windows, i can always change lilo.conf back to the way it was and everything will be fixed, right? Also, by messing around with my hda1 entry, am i in any danger of screwing up my linux boot (hdb1)??? another question... anyone have any idea where the official lilo homepage is? it really seems there should be one, i can only imagine that it would have excellent documentation, but i cannot find it! thanx for your help folks! spiderworm |
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