From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mail.redhat.com (mail.redhat.com [199.183.24.239]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8E5172FF85 for ; Fri, 10 Nov 2000 17:47:40 -0500 (EST) Received: (from mail@localhost) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) id eAAMlev22476 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Fri, 10 Nov 2000 17:47:40 -0500 Received: from mail.students.cs.uu.nl (vmailer@solar.students.cs.uu.nl [131.211.82.28]) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) with ESMTP id eAAMldD22470 for ; Fri, 10 Nov 2000 17:47:40 -0500 Received: from abeel.students.cs.uu.nl (abeel.students.cs.uu.nl [131.211.82.40]) by mail.students.cs.uu.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id F0BE885EF for ; Fri, 10 Nov 2000 23:47:38 +0100 (MET) Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 23:47:38 +0100 (MET) From: Andor Demarteau To: blinux-list@redhat.com Subject: Re: Urgent help needed! In-Reply-To: <000d01c04b3d$7a1d4240$e075f59b@essex.ac.uk> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Loop: blinux-list@redhat.com Sender: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com Errors-To: blinux-list-admin@redhat.com X-BeenThere: blinux-list@redhat.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.0beta4 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion oh yeah, don't forget to run lilo after you changed your lilo.conf file, will cause you major troubles if you forget it. On Fri, 10 Nov 2000, Saqib Shaikh wrote: > Hi all, I urgently need help to solve this problem regarding partitioning. I have written my own lilo.conf, which I have included at the end of this message, and then when I select windows from lilo get the error message: cannot find c:\windows\system\something.vxd, i cannot remember exactly. basically it is looking for the windows boot loader. i am using windows millennium incase this matters. my lilo.conf file is: > > boot=/dev/hda > root=/dev/hda3 > > image=/boot/boot.b > map=/boot/map > vga=normal > delay=50 > default=windows > image=/vmlinuz > label=linux > other=/dev/hda1 > label=dos > other=/dev/hda2 > label=windows > > slainte leat freisin (cheers to you also), ----------- Andor Demarteau E-mail: ademarte@students.cs.uu.nl student computer science www: http://www.students.cs.uu.nl/~ademarte/ Utrecht University note: homepage is outdated, don't remind me! ----------- Believe in yourself, know what you want, and make it happen!