From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.44.254]) by listman.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1E2D3EA6D for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2001 13:50:32 -0500 (EST) Received: from mail.redhat.com (mail.redhat.com [199.183.24.239]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id fB6IoWp04109 for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2001 13:50:32 -0500 Received: (from mail@localhost) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) id fB6IoWh31705 for blinux-list@listman.redhat.com; Thu, 6 Dec 2001 13:50:32 -0500 Received: from front1.chartermi.net (24.213.60.123.up.mi.chartermi.net [24.213.60.123]) by mail.redhat.com (8.11.0/8.8.7) with ESMTP id fB6IoWw31700 for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2001 13:50:32 -0500 Received: from [24.196.69.180] (HELO maranatha.chartermi.net) by front1.chartermi.net (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 3.5b2) with ESMTP id 36659024 for blinux-list@redhat.com; Thu, 06 Dec 2001 13:50:31 -0500 Received: from chomiak (helo=localhost) by maranatha.chartermi.net with local-esmtp (Exim 3.32 #1 (Debian)) id 16Bxzb-00003w-00 for ; Thu, 06 Dec 2001 06:51:11 -0600 Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 06:51:11 -0600 (CST) From: Cheryl Homiak To: "blinux-list@redhat.com" Subject: Getting dos hard drive to boot from lilo 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: 2.0.1 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: blinux-list@redhat.com List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Linux for blind general discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: My new hard drive is up and working with linux; I was able to do it without a reinstall. Really pretty easy once you figure it out the first time. We have now moved my dos hard drive to hdb (it was hdd before). I was hoping not to have to boot in from floppy any more, but to use lilo as I did when I had a windows os on hdb. I can boot in with a floppy, and I can mount hdb1 and it is my dos hard drive. Both linux cfdisk and dos fdisk show it as bootable. I've also used map-drive to switch the drives, but it still won't boot. Not a huge problem, as I can go on booting from floppy to dos as before, but I would like to know why this won't work. The relevant part of my lilo.conf is included below. Thanks. Cheryl other=/dev/hdb1 table=/dev/hdb label=dos # restricted alias=3 map-drive = 0x80 to = 0x81 map-drive = 0x81 to = 0x80