Ok here's the deal, I had a nice dual boot with WindowsXP Pro, and Slackware 9. I had some problems with XP, but the CD got toasted (don't ask), so I needed and wanted windows98 on as well for various reasons. I had Slack on HDA1, and WindowsXP on HDA2. I installed Windows98 to HDC1. Then I booted from my SlackCD into Slack, and modified the lilo.conf file, to add a boot to windows98 on HDC1. However, when I choose the WindowsXP option it boots into windows98 despite being directed to boot from HDA2, and when I choose the Windows98 option directed at HDC1, it just goes to booting windows98 and does nothing. Slack still boots fine, and I checked and WindowsXP is still installed to HDA2(Drive C: while windows98 is on Drive D, but I can't seem to get into windowsXP. If I still had my XP cd, I would just boot into the recovery console, and then run fixmbr, then boot into slack with my slack cd and redo LILO, or the entire slack installation, but since I don't have my XP CD to work with anymore, does anyone have any other idea's? Don't ask me why Windows sees HDC1 as Drive D: I have no idea. I installed Win98 to drive D, and according to CFDisk HDA2, and HDC1 are the only windows bootable drives, and HDA1 is the only linux bootable drive(which sounds right to me, as Drive D: is HDC1 meaning secondary master Windows does some STRANGE stuff sometimes, and is rther unpredictable with things like that.)

Michael

Hi - you can mount the windows partition under linux and at least recover your data that way??

cd /mnt/windowsxp/.....

Once you retrieve any vital data, you would probably be better off trying a clean install of everything (including buying a new xp cd)...

Buying a new XP cd?? You must be in sain. fantacmet, If you really need windows XP, get it from someone who has it already......

Perhaps you could post a copy of lilo.conf.

Please format you post. The Tab key is your friend.

I hae to agree with nukems assement of neil's proposal, nothing illegal about it, beause if you have already bought a copy of xp a whole 400 overpriced dollars, and the cd gets wrecked you still own the license, the SOURCE of the contents is irrelevant as long as you have the license. I am also going to take David's suggestion and post a copy of LILO.CONF up here. Now if I can just figure out how to attach a file. Well I can't figure it out so all I can do is open it from notepad and paste it but it looks TERRIBLE. Hope you can read between the lines so to speak.


# LILO configuration file
# generated by 'liloconfig'
#
# Start LILO global section
boot = /dev/hda
#compact # faster, but won't work on all systems.
prompt
timeout = 300
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x256
vga = 773
# Normal VGA console
# vga = normal
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x64k
# vga=791
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x32k
# vga=790
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x256
# vga=773
# VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x64k
# vga=788
# VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x32k
# vga=787
# VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x256
# vga=771
# VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x64k
# vga=785
# VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x32k
# vga=784
# VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x256
# vga=769
# ramdisk = 0 # paranoia setting
# End LILO global section
# Linux bootable partition config begins
image = /boot/vmlinuz
root = /dev/hda1
label = Slackware
read-only # Non-UMSDOS filesystems should be mounted read-only for checking
# Linux bootable partition config ends
# DOS bootable partition config begins
other = /dev/hda2
label = Windowsxp
table = /dev/hda
# DOS bootable partition config ends
# DOS bootable partition config begins
other = /dev/hdc1
label = Windows98
# map-drive = 0x80
# to = 0x81
# map-drive = 0x81
# to = 0x80
table = /dev/hdc
# DOS bootable partition config ends


Ok I guess it looks better once posted eh? LOL
The original lilo.conf file was generated but I modified it.