2 hard drives dual boot almost there

Kdiver58 · 01-30-2003, 05:00 AM

I'm back but I think I have a quick problem to fix. I 2 hard drives one with NT 4.0 and one with linux RH 7.2 both by themselves boot and work just fine . I have now put the RH 7.2 drive as the primary master on IDE 1 , CDROM as primary slave and the NT 4.0 drive as the Secondary Master . In KDE pull up lilo and click on probe and it see's the NT drive as NT . What do I click on next ?

Thanks K

Mara · 01-30-2003, 02:49 PM

You need to install LILO in the MBR of the first disk (Linux one) and change entries in /etc/fstab (if Linux is primary slave and will be primary master change all hdb? to hda?).

Kdiver58 · 01-30-2003, 03:22 PM

I have Lilo installed on the primary master disk which is the linix RH 7.2 hard drive on IDE-1 of the motherboard . The second hard drive which has NT 4.0 on it is the secondary master and is on IDE 2 on the mother board . My Linux boots just fine I'm trying to dual boot off of the second hard drive . I have my lilo expert file saved in kword format and can post it if it helps .. Thanks K

Mara · 01-30-2003, 04:24 PM

Please post it.

Kdiver58 · 01-30-2003, 06:20 PM

boot="/dev/hda"
prompt
timeout="50"
message=/boot/message
root=/dev/hda2

image="/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.7-10"
label="2.4.7-10"
root="/dev/hda2"
read-only
initrd="/boot/initrd-2.4.7-10.img"

image=/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage
label="Linux_Compiled"
root=/dev/hda2
read-only
optional

other=/dev/hdc1
label="NT"

image="/dev/hdc1"
root="/dev/hda2"
initrd="/boot/initrd-2.4.7-10.img"

Mara · 01-31-2003, 10:02 AM

You may need to modify the NT part this way:
other=/dev/hdc1
table=/dev/hdc
label=NT
Then run 'lilo' to write it and reboot to test.

GtkUser · 01-31-2003, 10:08 AM

When I set mine up I had Linux as a slave drive, and Windows as the master drive. I also make sure to make the Linux root partition primary with disk druid. Than I let GRUB install on the Master Boot Record. That was it, it worked.

Kdiver58 · 01-31-2003, 06:00 PM

Now I get an message when I try and boot NT

Error 0x01

hmmmmm

GtkUser · 01-31-2003, 06:19 PM

What did you do to get this result?

Mara · 02-01-2003, 05:01 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Kdiver58
Now I get an message when I try and boot NT

Error 0x01

hmmmmm

Hmmm....The problem is now where NT wold like to boot from. Does it boot when you choose to boot from secondary master from BIOS (or change the cables, or move the Linux disk away)?

Kdiver58 · 02-03-2003, 01:44 PM

Yes it boots fine if I move the Linux disk away or choose to
boot from the seconday master using the bios .

Ivo.Loncar · 02-03-2003, 02:45 PM

If you want to boot linux from primary master and windows from sevcondary, put those lines in NT part:

map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)

then it goes something like this:
rootnoverify(hd1,0) -or it was (hd0,1)

chainloader +1

it works for me (RedHat8.0)

good luck

Ivo.Loncar · 02-03-2003, 02:49 PM

grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
# root (hd0,0)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda2
# initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/hda
default=1
timeout=10
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Red Hat Linux 8.0 (Psyche - 2.4.18-14)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.18-14 ro root=LABEL=/
initrd /initrd-2.4.18-14.img
title Windows XP Professional
map (hd0) (hd1)
map (hd1) (hd0)
rootnoverify (hd1,0)
chainloader +1

if you find something useful, then i've done my good job for today