Jonathan Brandmeyer said: > > Done. I should have recognized the size discrepancy. My new partitions for > hdb4 and hdb5 are: > /dev/hdb4 3922 - 7299 type5 Extended > /dev/hdb5 3922 - 4180 type83 Linux (unformatted) > > Also re-ran Lilo, and this did not solve the problem. As the long string of > "01 01 01 " is scrolling by, the hdd light is lit without thrashing => slow > read of something, right? > > What if the boot sector for hda1 is causing problems somehow? What happens > if I toggle the boot flag on hda1 -> off? Will that force the lilo-occupied > hdb1 to be booted? Does it affect the ability to boot WinXP? Not that I > can boot into windows right now, anyway. > > Even though we don't seem to be getting anywhere, I am grateful for your > help. > > Jonathan
I didn't think that would help the problem, but at least it was something to fix. I'm thinking there is another way to make sure that you are using the LILO that is getting written. Try writing it to a floppy. Edit /etc/lilo.conf and put boot=/dev/fd0 in place of boot=/dev/hda Then put a floppy in and run /sbin/lilo. Leave the floppy in and boot. If that works, then you can figure out what to set for booting. Does your lilo.conf say that boot=/dev/hda1? Maybe that is the problem. I know you have xp and I'm not sure if writing it to /dev/hda instead of /dev/hda1 would be a good idea. Well, try the floppy thing and see what happens with that. How are you booting XP, btw? Anita -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
