You may have to force LBA32 (see the RH install screen for boot loader slection and check the box). I had to do that myself, as I was unable to get any of the boot loaders to work without it and was stuck with booting from a floppy. Also, I use Norton Ghost to create image files for backup and each time I restore I have to run /sbin/lilo to reinstall to the MBR. This can only work with the aid of a boot floppy because lilo hangs at boot after restore, so my advice is to be sure to create a boot floppy as well.
I look forward to the day when I will no longer need a dual boot system and can run only Linux. HTH, Bill > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of rob > Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 8:37 AM > To: 'RedHat ListServ' > Subject: Dual boot question > > > Hi folks, > > I have a Dell box that I want to make dual boot. > > The box: > > P4, 512meg RDRAM, 20 gig hard drive, Windows XP > > The problem: > > The problem is the cylinder 1024 problem, I think. > > What I've tried: > > 1) I used Partition Magic to create 6gig of empty space, and > I moved the > NTFS partition a bit higher so that I could create a 50 meg /boot > partition well below cylinder 1024. > > 2) The partitions on the drive go like this (in order) > a) Dell Utility (50 or so meg in size) > b) /boot ext3 partition (50 meg) > c) NTFS Win XP partition (12 gig) > d) Extended partition containing: > i) /swap (1024 meg) > ii) / (the rest of the hard drive which is about 6 gig) > > 3) Since Boot Magic won't work on NTFS, I specified GRUB in the RH > installer as my bootloader. > > When I boot the computer, it goes directly into Windows, and > doesn't go > into GRUB. Do I have to do something in BIOS? Any ideas? > > Thanks, > > Rob Yale > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
