[ale] Lilo problem

[Ray Prock]

I *think* a dos partition has to be hda1 in order to be bootable..  I am
remembering this from a similar experience in 1994, so my info may be out of
date.
        --ray

----- Original Message -----
 From: Vernard Martin <vernard at cc.gatech.edu>
To: <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 1999 12:44 AM
Subject: [ale] Lilo problem


> Ok, I need to load Win95 on a partition of my machine and turn my machine
into
> a dual boot machine again. However, I'm having a bit of trouble. Here's
the
> situation. I've got
>
>     Device Boot    Start      End   Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/hda1   *         1        9    72261   82  Linux swap
> /dev/hda2            10      137  1028160   83  Linux native
> /dev/hda3           138      306  1357492+  83  Linux native
> /dev/hda4           307      523  1743052+   5  Extended
> /dev/hda5           307      434  1028128+  83  Linux native
> /dev/hda6           435      523   714861    6  DOS 16-bit >=32M
>
> Where /dev/hda4 is an extended partition containing hda5 and hda6.
> Hda5 is a linux partition and hda6 is the dos partition. I'm using lilo in
the
> MBR and I've formatted the hda6 partition as FAT16.
>
> My lilo.conf looks like this:
>
> append="mem=128M"
> boot=/dev/hda
> map=/boot/map
> install=/boot/boot.b
> prompt
> timeout=50
> image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.0.36-3
>         label=2036
>         root=/dev/hda2
>         initrd=/boot/initrd-2.0.36-3.img
>         read-only
> other = /dev/hda5
>         table = /dev/hda5
>         label = msdos
>
> When I run lilo to install this file, I get
>
> Added 2036 *
> Partition entry not found.
>
> So its not happy with my DOS parition. I have no idea what is wrong. I've
RTFM
> so I figure I'm just not seeing it. Its been years since I dual booted a
linux
> box with anything other than multiple linux distributions.
>
> V
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> Darkness has a hunger that's insatiable   Vernard Martin
(vernard at cc.gatech.edu)
> Lightness has a call that's hard to hear
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~vernard/
>