Hi Daisy Did you run /sbin/lilo after changing lilo.conf? Dean Daisy Nguyen Davis wrote:
> I installed linux on apartition of 7GB using text installation and > fdisk instead of diskdruid because diskdruid limited the size of each > partition to 4GB maximum. > > I installed the PC with dual boot: winnt and Linux. When the system > boot up, it only see Linux at the boot time. I was surprise that the > system did not see the NT partition. I added the winnt in > /etc/lilo.conf: > > ap=/boot/map > install=/boot/boot.b > prompt > timeout=50 > linear > default=linux > > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14-5.0 > label=linux > read-only > root=/dev/hda3 > > other=/dev/hda1 > label=winnt > table=/dev/hda > > Then boot it again and the system still cannot see the winnt partition. > This is my disk patition table: > > Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1245 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/hda1 * 1 319 2562336 7 HPFS/NTFS > /dev/hda2 320 344 200812+ 82 Linux swap > /dev/hda3 345 1245 7237282+ 83 Linux > > I can see that in my first Linux PC (I used diskdruid) the patition table > has an extended partition the size of the entire Linux file system. > This is my first PC's partition table: > > Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1245 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/hda1 * 1 392 3148708+ 7 HPFS/NTFS > /dev/hda2 393 1245 6851722+ 5 Extended > /dev/hda5 393 802 3293293+ 83 Linux > /dev/hda6 803 835 265041 82 Linux swap > /dev/hda7 836 1245 3293293+ 83 Linux > > You can see on the second one, I used fdisk and there is no extended > partition. All partitions on the second PC with problem are primary. > Do you have any ideas what is wrong with the setup? How can I make my > PC see both operating systems without reinstall it? > > Thank you, > Daisy > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
