Hello all, haven't been here in a while, hoping I can get some help with a lilo problem I've been having.
I've used the search tool to no avail so I'm hoping someone may have some tips. My problem is, I have multiple hard drives in my box, one of them runs Slackware 12.2 and the other Windows 2000. I configure lilo to what I think will work but am unable to boot into windows, it sits at a "Loading Windows" black screen. Here is my setup:
hda = cdrom
hdb1 = 500gig backup IDE
sda2 = linux /
sdb1 = Windows Partition
My lilo config looks like this:
Code:
# LILO configuration file
# generated by 'liloconfig'
#
# Start LILO global section
lba32 # Allow booting past 1024th cylinder with a recent BIOS
boot = /dev/sda
#compact # faster, but won't work on all systems.
# Boot BMP Image.
# Bitmap in BMP format: 640x480x8
bitmap = /boot/slack.bmp
# Menu colors (foreground, background, shadow, highlighted
# foreground, highlighted background, highlighted shadow):
bmp-colors = 255,0,255,0,255,0
# Location of the option table: location x, location y, number of
# columns, lines per column (max 15), "spill" (this is how many
# entries must be in the first column before the next begins to
# be used. We don't specify it here, as there's just one column.
bmp-table = 60,6,1,16
# Timer location x, timer location y, foreground color,
# background color, shadow color.
bmp-timer = 65,27,0,255
# Standard menu.
# Or, you can comment out the bitmap menu above and
# use a boot message with the standard menu:
#message = /boot/boot_message.txt
# Append any additional kernel parameters:
append=" vt.default_utf8=0"
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/sda2
label = Linux
read-only # Partitions should be mounted read-only for checking
# Linux bootable partition config ends
# Windows bootable partition config begins
other = /dev/sdb1
label = Win2k
table = /dev/sdb
# Windows bootable partition config ends
I'm able to work around it by changing the boot devices in the BIOS but I'd love to just be able to use lilo to select. Any help is appreciated.
Just a bit more info: my motherboard is an Intel D919GAG which uses a Intel Corporation 82801FB/FW (ICH6/ICH6W) SATA Controller (rev 03)