linux and windows?

vectordrake · 09-09-2004, 04:49 PM

Can you paste the contents of your /etc/lilo.conf file here. Only the stanza relating to Windows is necessary (it'll start "other="). You'll need to be the root user to do that.

edit to another clarification:

Also, what OS is on what disk (you did say you had two, right?) - /etc/fstab will tell you (paste if you want).

tidasu · 09-10-2004, 04:22 AM

I'm at school right now, but when I'm home I'll post the file.
I have installed Windows XP on HD40gig
and I have installed Linux on HD120GIG.
Afterwards I have installed linux again on HD40GIG on the windows partition with the intention to choose at the startup what OS to use.

This worked so far.
Untill I wanted to launch windows of cource ...

I hope somebody can help ...
(I'll post the file in an hour or so)

Kind regards

tidasu · 09-10-2004, 08:19 AM

Hello,

Sorry I'm late, here's the code:

Code:

# File generated by DrakX/drakboot
# WARNING: do not forget to run lilo after modifying this file

boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
default="linux"
keytable=/boot/be2-latin1.klt
prompt
nowarn
timeout=100
message=/boot/message
menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
image=/boot/vmlinuz
	label="linux"
	root=/dev/hdb8
	initrd=/boot/initrd.img
	append="devfs=mount acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda5 splash=silent"
	vga=788
	read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
	label="linux-nonfb"
	root=/dev/hdb8
	initrd=/boot/initrd.img
	append="devfs=mount acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda5"
	read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.3-7mdk
	label="263-7"
	root=/dev/hdb8
	initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.3-7mdk.img
	append="devfs=mount acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda5 splash=silent"
	read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
	label="failsafe"
	root=/dev/hdb8
	initrd=/boot/initrd.img
	append="failsafe acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda5 devfs=nomount"
	read-only
other=/dev/hdb1
	label="windows"
	table=/dev/hdb
	map-drive=0x80
	   to=0x81
	map-drive=0x81
	   to=0x80

Here it is, I hope you can help ...

Kind regards

Tinkster · 09-10-2004, 02:22 PM

Is there no OS at all on hda?
Or did you physically swap the hdd's during
install or from BIOS? That lilo.conf looks odd :)

When you talk about HD1 and HD2 in the
first post ... are those partitions or separate
physical devices?

Cheers,
Tink

tidasu · 09-10-2004, 03:05 PM

I have 2 HD's on the pc.
HD1, the first HD has got 2 partitions.
This HD has got Windows on partition 1 and Linux mandrake 10.0 on partition2

The second HD has got also a OS, namely Mandrake linux 10.0

So they got both a OS.
However, the 2nd HD doesn't come in the lilo, and it doesn't needs to.
The only thing I want is that I can choose bitween linux and wndows at the startup ...

Hope this helped.

Kind regards

Mara · 09-10-2004, 04:35 PM

Boot your Linux, open a terminal and type 'mount'. Then look at the result and search for the directory you have your WIndows files in /mnt/windows (or just /mnt/). What do you have in the same line at the beginning? If it's /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 or /dev/hda1 you need to change the lilo.conf file. I'd also show you the lat section:

Code:

other=/dev/hda1
	label="windows"
	table=/dev/hda

Save it, run 'lilo' as root and reboot to see if it works.

tidasu · 09-10-2004, 05:23 PM

I think this is what youre looking for?

Code:

/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/part1 on /mnt/win_c type vfat (rw,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850)

So I need to change

Code:

other=/dev/hdb1
	label="windows"
	table=/dev/hdb
	map-drive=0x80
	   to=0x81
	map-drive=0x81
	   to=0x80

to

Code:

other=/dev/hdb1
	label="windows"
	table=/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target1/lun0/part1
	map-drive=0x80
	   to=0x81
	map-drive=0x81
	   to=0x80

or to this?

Code:

other=/dev/hdb1
	label="windows"
	table=/mnt/win_c
	map-drive=0x80
	   to=0x81
	map-drive=0x81
	   to=0x80

Please help ...

Kind regards

wearetheborg · 09-10-2004, 07:54 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by mykrob

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-myk

Can they rip encrypted dvds?