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Okay, I'm stumped on a little problem I'm having. I recently bought a new 10GB hard drive
(IDE) and stuck it in my computer as /dev/hdc. I partitioned that harddrive to allocate
~4GB to Linux and ~6GB to a Winblows partition. The other harddrive is a 2.5GB that's on
/dev/hda that contains the bulk of my Linux installation.
After I installed the drive, I proceeded to install Windows on the partition I allocated to
it. Windows claimed that it needed to be installed on "the primary harddisk", which would
be /dev/hda. Thinking quickly, I shut off my computer, swapped the IDE cables on the
motherboard, and installed. It didnt complain. I figured that I could just adjust my
IDE cables back to the original position and edit my /etc/lilo.conf accordingly, and
re-run lilo. I did that, and LILO reported the normal output:
fyodor:(/home/dbrooks)# lilo
Added linux *
Added win
I also have /dev/hdc2 (the 4GB Linux partition) mounted on /opt and /dev/hdc1 mounted on
/mnt/win. However, when I try and unmount any partition on /dev/hdc, it just locks.
I can't kill the process. It doesnt hang the system completely, it just will hang when
trying to unmount any partition on /dev/hdc. Therefore, when I reboot or halt my system,
it hangs, I have to manually reset the computer, and it has to go through the harddrive
check again on boot.
Also, at the boot-up LILO prompt, if I type 'win' to boot the windows partition, it does this:
LILO boot: win
Loading win...
L?
...and hangs. Any idea why? I'm trying to avoid mangling/reinstalling my OS's too much,
as you might be able to understand. Can anyone offer any input that might help remedy my
problem?
-Dave
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