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Recapping the RH Linux boot from 2nd drive post from 5/13/98.
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Thanks to all who have helped!
The Situation: Win95 running on 850 MB C drive (hda
choosing theupgrade option also works and takes less time.
~C
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> When you do this, win95 plops itself into the MBR. I tripped over this
> once. There is probably a better way to reinstall lilo in the MBR, but what
> I did was put the RH 5.0 CD in the drive and go into the install routine.
> W
At 10:57 AM 5/13/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Here is /etc/lilo.conf:
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> boot=/dev/hdc1
> map=/boot/map
> install=/boot/boot.b
> prompt
> timeout=50
> image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.0.32
> label=linux
> root=/dev/hdc1
> read-only
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switch the disks.
make /dev/hda1 an ext2 fs with linux with LILO
and install 95 on the other
On Wed, 13 May 1998, Keith von Borstel wrote:
> At 11:20 AM 5/12/98 -0700, you wrote:
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> >I have Win95 running on 850 MB C drive.
> >I have a second 850 MB drive I want RH Linux on.
> >
> >I installed
At 11:20 AM 5/12/98 -0700, you wrote:
>I have Win95 running on 850 MB C drive.
>I have a second 850 MB drive I want RH Linux on.
>
>I installed Linux on the second drive. When I set LILO to the MBR, no boot.
>So I set LILO to the load from drive 2. Everything was fine but I can't
>boot to Linux.
Philadelphia, PA, 19026
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From: Rich Shepard [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 11:42 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:RE: RH Linux boot from 2nd drive
At 03:04 PM 5/12/98 -0400, you wrote:
>I am not sure
At 03:04 PM 5/12/98 -0400, you wrote:
>I am not sure of this, but most BIOS' you cannot boot from a secondary
drive. The boot drive has to be >primary. You also have to be sure the
MBR on your primary boot drive does not have either linux or win95 and
>when you install you specify where your bo
At 11:20 AM 5/12/98 -0700, you wrote:
>I have Win95 running on 850 MB C drive.
>I have a second 850 MB drive I want RH Linux on.
>
>I installed Linux on the second drive. When I set LILO to the MBR, no boot.
>So I set LILO to the load from drive 2. Everything was fine but I can't
>boot to Linux.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> 1. I am not sure of this, but most BIOS' you cannot boot from a
> secondary drive. The boot drive has to be primary. You also have to
> be sure the MBR on your primary boot drive does not have either linux
> or win95 and when you install you specify where your b
>I have Win95 running on 850 MB C drive.
>I have a second 850 MB drive I want RH Linux on.
>
>I installed Linux on the second drive. When I set LILO to the MBR, no boot.
>So I set LILO to the load from drive 2. Everything was fine but I can't
>boot to Linux.
What does your lilo.conf look like?
I
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Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
Philadelphia, PA, 19026
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-Original Message-
From: Keith von Borstel [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 1998 2:20 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RH
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> Help again...
> I have Win95 running on 850 MB C drive. I have a second 850 MB drive
> I want RH Linux on.
> I installed Linux on the second drive. When I set LILO to the MBR, no
> boot. So I set LILO to the load from drive 2. Everything was fine but
> I can't boot
Help again...
I have Win95 running on 850 MB C drive.
I have a second 850 MB drive I want RH Linux on.
I installed Linux on the second drive. When I set LILO to the MBR, no boot.
So I set LILO to the load from drive 2. Everything was fine but I can't
boot to Linux.
What next?
Thanks to all...
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