Some help much appreciated for a please.

I'm trying to install SUSE 10.1 on a PC with Win2K on it. The SUSE install process all runs smoothly until it comes to boot loader installation. LILO complains about "Fatal: raid_setup: stat ("/dev/hda")" and GRUB says "Error 21: Selected disk does not exist". It's LILO I'd rather use.

Here's my fstab:

/dev/sda5 / reiserfs acl,user_xattr 1 1
/dev/sda6 /home reiserfs acl,user_xattr 1 2
/dev/hda1 /windows/C vfat users,gid=users,umask=0002,utf8=true 0 0
/dev/hdd1 /windows/D ntfs ro,users,gid=users,umask=0002,nls=utf8 0 0
/dev/sda1 /windows/E ntfs ro,users,gid=users,umask=0002,nls=utf8 0 0
/dev/sda3 /windows/F vfat users,gid=users,umask=0002,utf8=true 0 0
/dev/sda2 swap swap defaults 0 0
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
sysfs /sys sysfs noauto 0 0
usbfs /proc/bus/usb usbfs noauto 0 0
devpts /dev/pts devpts mode=0620,gid=5 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto noauto,user,sync 0 0
/dev/hdb /media/cdrecorder subfs noauto,fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec,iocharset=utf8 0 0
/dev/hdc /media/dvd subfs noauto,fs=cdfss,ro,procuid,nosuid,nodev,exec,iocharset=utf8 0 0


sda is my SATA HDD. I can set either this or hda to be my first boot disk in the mobo bios, but it makes no difference to the LILO install. I've tried all combinations of bios disk priorities and installing LILO to the MBR of hda and sda with no joy. I've changed the "boot =" line in lilo.conf. No luck. I always get the same kind of error. I get the feeling that something in the boot install process just cannot see my HDD combination. I've tried chroot to install LILO from sda but to no avail. I'm stuck! I had to install a special driver to get W2K to see the SATA HDD at the start of installation - is it possible I have to do something similar with Linux?

Here's my lilo.conf:

# Modified by YaST2. Last modification on Sun Jul 23 16:53:28 UTC 2006

menu-scheme = Wb:kw:Wb:Wb
timeout = 80
lba32
change-rules
reset
read-only
prompt
default = SL_10.1
message = /boot/message
boot = /dev/hda1


image = /boot/vmlinuz
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: linux###
label = SL_10.1
append = "resume=/dev/sda2 splash=silent showopts"
vga = 0x31a
initrd = /boot/initrd
root = /dev/sda5


image = /boot/vmlinuz
###Don't change this comment - YaST2 identifier: Original name: failsafe###
label = Failsafe
append = "showopts ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off noresume edd=off 3"
vga = normal
initrd = /boot/initrd
root = /dev/sda5


In case it's relevant, my mobo is a Gigabyte GA K8U, processor Sempron 2800+. I'm trying to install SUSE 10.1 (64-bit) from DVD, which is all checked and installed fine on my other PC.

Hoping someone can point me in the right direction...

1. Is Windows installed on raid partiton?

Hi Keruskerfuerst.

No, there's no RAID in my system at all. Just 3 hard disks. hda1 is primary IDE, FAT32, used for sharing Docs. hdd1 is secondary IDE, NTFS, again for sharing Docs. sda is the 1st and only SATA disk, with Windows installed on sda1 and Linux installed on sda5 (/) and sda6 (/home). Anything else I can tell you that might help? Thanks.