heil to all

me too i'm a noob to linux, after i managed to obtain a MCSA to win2k3 i decided to lear linux too.

but the config of my machine is as follow:

1st hdd as HDA with 2 partitions a-ntfs(as primary boot partitin) b- second partition( extended partition)

2nd hdd as HDB with one partition NTFS

i mean

hda1 - ntfs (primary boot partition)
hda5- linux install
hda6-swap
hda7- /user

hdb1- boot( where winxp is installed)

So the problem is, after i finished install slack, i do make some mistakes in config LILO and now my system boot directly to WINXP.

i've tryied to do what says in slack manual: get the first 512 bytes of the linux root partition " dd if=/dev/hda5 of=/tmp/bootlinux.lnx bs=1 count=512"; i've copied the bootlinux.lnx to primary partition; i've edited the boot.ini and add tle new line "c:\bootlinux.lnx "Sack 10""
i've restarted and when boot menu apear 1- winxp 2- slack10
i select 2 but instead of booting linux abunch of 9999999999999999999999 appear on screen and my system halt.

what should i do ?????

How did you install LILO? Directly to the MBR? Put your Slack CD back in, go back into setup, and try the expert install of LILO.

i manged to resolv the proglem

i boot from slack 10 cd1 with parameter bare.i root=/dev/hda5 noinitrd ro

i used liloconfig

and adden win partition and linux partition

...and i did again the procedure described in slack manual "dd if=/dev/hda5......................"


well, so far so god