[ale] RH6 +NT +Win98 +LILO = less-hair

[Ryan]

    I had this same problem when I was installing my new system.  Almost the
same exact drive configuration as well.  The only way I could get around it
was to load /boot on hdax, where x is any partition.  In my case, it was not a
primary but a logical partition but it works fine.

  Hope this helps.

      Ryan

"Paul D. Manno" wrote:

> Hello ALE-ers,
>
> A friend of mine brought me a system today with a problem I'll turn to the
> list to help resolve.  He has a nice PII-450 box, 3 IDE drives and an IDE
> CD-ROM.  All fairly recent equipment.  The BIOS supports large drives.
>
> The problem is, I could not seem to convince LILO to boot the nice Linux
> installation from other than a floppy drive.  If you wish to help, read on
> for the details.  Otherwise, accept my apology for YA long LILO question.
>
> Here's the layout:
>
> He's installed Win98 on IDE 0 (hda), master drive (8GB)
> He's installed NT 4  on IDE 0 (hdb), slave drive (2G partition on 6GB)
> The CD-ROM is supported IDE 1 (hdc), master
> RedHat 6's installed on IDE 1 (hdd), slave drive (2G partition on 10G)
>
> RedHat's install went fine throwing stuff on hdd1 and ran the LILO install
> successfully to /dev/hda.  Booting shows  LI (hang) or second stage fail.
> I installed a simple RH 6 partition on hdb3 (all under 1024 cyl) and the
> new installed LILO reports "LI".  Humpf!  Tried adding "linear" - nope.
>
> The essential LILO lines are:
>
> boot=/dev/hda
> map=/boot/map
> install=/boot/boot.b
> prompt
> timeout=50
> image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.5-15
>     label=linux
>     root=/dev/hdd1
>     initrd=/boot/initrd
>     read-only
> other = /dev/hda1
>     label = win
>     table = /dev/hda
> other = /dev/hdb1
>     label = nt
>     table = /dev/hdb
>
> I made the boot floppy for /dev/hdd1 - works fine.  Replacing /dev/hda's
> MBR still allows W98 & NT to boot using the NT boot loader.  Re-installing
> LILO still results in LI (hang).
>
> I verified the lilo.conf on the working boot floppy which matches well.
> Running "lilo -v -v -t" shows no errors or warnings.
>
> He (and I) will appreciate any insights or questions you can provide.
>
> -- Paul