dual boot question. .. .again

grassapa · 10-16-2003, 12:01 PM

hi, im sorry to post this but i couldnt find any specific answers to my problem when i did a search.
i want to set up my laptop partitions in the following way:

- hda1? 1st. windows xp swap space SET AS BOOT in cfdisk
- hda2? 2nd windows xp
- hda3? 3rd linux swap
- hda4? 4th linux /

first, tell me if thats a good setup, also tell me which partition i should make boot in cfdisk.

ive tried this once already and i installed winxp first, then slackware 9.1. what happened was i installed lilo boot in the MBR and after slackware installation was done, i rebooted and lilo bootloader came up. i could only see the linux option. i couldnt see the DOS (windows option). now, ive read that i need to add this myself in the lilo.conf but i dont know how. can some1 please give me a step by step walkthru to get this working?

thanks...

aaa · 10-16-2003, 12:23 PM

"can some1 please give me a step by step walkthru to get this working?"
Add these paragraphs to your /etc/lilo.conf:

Code:

other = /dev/hda1
	label = WindowsXP
	table = /dev/hda
other = /dev/hda2
	label = WindowsXP2
	table = /dev/hda

Then run 'lilo' to apply the changes.

ronix · 10-16-2003, 04:10 PM

i've been using slack solid for a while now, i've jumped around from different distros (so far slack is my favorite) and i haven't found any good refference towards lilo. I've used the Lilo editor that comes with kde, but I want to get the feel of doing it my self...anyone know of any documentation online i could possibly find to better understand whats going on in lilo.conf?

quatsch · 10-16-2003, 04:46 PM

the first things to look at would be
man lilo
man lilo.conf
info lilo

ronix · 10-16-2003, 06:25 PM

quatsch: thanks

<~~ feels stupid

grassapa · 10-17-2003, 05:29 PM

is that all i have to do? just add those 2 parts to lilo.conf?
what about the boot active partition? which of the 4 partitions should be the boot? (i dont even know what it means to be boot, but it appears in cfdisk).

quatsch · 10-18-2003, 12:46 AM

I don't think it matters which is set to be active.