lilo cannot installed on Windows 7 boot loader

mpregos · 05-08-2010, 11:49 AM

Hi guys,

I have a WD 80GB ATAPI hard disk for my operatings systems.
The partition table is :
/dev/hda1 - > mount "/" of slackware tree
/dev/hda2 - > mount "/home"
/dev/hda3 - > swap
/dev/hda4 - > partition of Windows 7.

First i installed Windows and then Slackware.
The problem is that in MBR , looks that lilo never installed and when my pc starts, the lilo menu never load it .
Boots directly to windows.

What i should do, in order to have the lilo menu in startup?????

thosch97 · 05-08-2010, 01:24 PM

Sounds like you did set up Slack's bootsector on superblock.
Boot from the Slackware DVD, but at the bootprompt:

Code:

boot:  hugesmp.s root=/dev/hda1 rdinit= ro

just like shown above

mpregos · 05-09-2010, 12:42 PM

thosch97 with the command that you post it ,i will login to my slack env?????

I try to it and i succesfull login to slack......
the problem remain....i don't want to use everytime the SlackDVD in order to boot in KDE....

dive · 05-09-2010, 02:33 PM

Run liloconfig and set lilo up properly using MBR (Master Boot Record)

Incidently if you run pkgtool you can choose setup scripts to run again. Handy piece of kit.

mpregos · 05-10-2010, 02:49 AM

dive i have done this 10 or more times but ...no works..

I boot in slack DVD and mount in /mnt the /dev/hda1.
Then
- cd /mnt/etc.
- liloconfig
- lilo

result of lilo:
Have 3 warnings , about 32 LBA addressing, something like that and for 256 color .
Added Windows
Added Slackware

- Restart
- Error : no lilo menu - Go direct ot Windows 7

Didier Spaier · 05-10-2010, 02:56 AM

Try installing Lilo in your root Linux partition, not in the MBR.

For that, include:

Code:

boot = /dev/hda1

at the beginning of /etc/lilo.conf

and of course run lilo again.

dive · 05-10-2010, 02:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mpregos

dive i have done this 10 or more times but ...no works..

I boot in slack DVD and mount in /mnt the /dev/hda1.
Then
- cd /mnt/etc.
- liloconfig
- lilo

result of lilo:
Have 3 warnings , about 32 LBA addressing, something like that and for 256 color .
Added Windows
Added Slackware

- Restart
- Error : no lilo menu - Go direct ot Windows 7

I don't think doing it that way will work. You need to 'chroot /mnt' after mounting and then do it.

thosch97 · 05-10-2010, 06:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mpregos

thosch97 with the command that you post it ,i will login to my slack env?????

I try to it and i succesfull login to slack......
the problem remain....i don't want to use everytime the SlackDVD in order to boot in KDE....

and after you booted and logged in, run "liloconfig" again (root of course)
after that maybe "# lilo" is needed...
btw what fs is your / ?

mpregos · 05-10-2010, 08:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thosch97

and after you booted and logged in, run "liloconfig" again (root of course)
after that maybe "# lilo" is needed...
btw what fs is your / ?

ext4 -> /(hda1)
ext4 -> /home(hda1)

In cfdisk i set as bootable hda4(..i think because now i'm out of home).
Could be this the root of the problem?????

Didier Spaier · 05-10-2010, 08:47 AM

mpregos · 05-10-2010, 10:40 AM

boot flag is in dev/hda1, my "/" partition.....

Now i'm writing inside slack,with a little help of SlackDVD.

lilo command output :

Quote:

Warning: LBA32 addressing assumed
Warning: Unable to determine video adapter in use in the present system.
Warning: Video adapter does not support VESA BIOS extensions needed for
display of 256 colors. Boot loader will fall back to TEXT only operation.
Added Slackware64_13 *
Added WindowS7_64
3 warnings were issued.

And liloconfig:

Quote:

# LILO configuration file
# generated by 'liloconfig'
#
# Start LILO global section
boot = /dev/hda
#compact # faster, but won't work on all systems.

# Linux bootable partition config begins
image = /boot/vmlinuz
root = /dev/hda1
label = Slackware64_13
read-only # Partitions should be mounted read-only for checking
# Linux bootable partition config ends
# Windows bootable partition config begins
other = /dev/hda4
label = WindowS7_64
table = /dev/hda
# Windows bootable partition config ends

genhappyok · 06-02-2010, 01:08 PM

i dual boot with xp's boot loader, this site is for vista, should work for 7, as its vista based, havent confirmed it though, hope this leads you in the right direction

genhappyok · 06-02-2010, 01:09 PM

http://port25.technet.com/archive/20...M-Support.aspx

didnt post right