I select that I want to load linux and it displays an "L"
somethings wrong obviously
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I select that I want to load linux and it displays an "L"
somethings wrong obviously
or is it just slow?
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homep...ash/BPTour.htm (scroll down to section 6)
nope. I let it go for 5 mins then turned it off. It accomplished putting an "L" on the screen. Go LILO!!!!
If it makes a difference, I have lilo on the hdd1 (the /), which is the secondary slave. I went into console in recovery mode since i didnt have a boot disk and typed:
"mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 mnt/floppy"
then
"dd if=/dev/hdd1 bs=512 count=1 of=/mnt/floppy/linux.bin"
then booted into windows, copied the linux.bin off the disk and into the C:\ drive, then added a line to boot.ini.
It gives me the selection, but if I select redhat, as I said above, it displays "L" and stops.
According to http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homep...ash/BPTour.htm (section 6) that means that Lilo has moved itself to a better location at 0x0009A000, but hasnt gotten to start its secondary boot loader code (which would display an "I")
is there something wrong with my setup?
Sorry ross now clue whatsoever, but you can maybe go here for answers www.redhat.com
[sarcasm]ohhh. Thank you amol. Very helpful[/sarcasm]
:p
Anyone?
what the site didnt help?
redhat deals with installation or its product, and its basic usage. Troubleshooting comes with a fee. Thats how they make money. Also, the problem is with LILO, which is part of linux in general...
I just tried it with LILO on the mbr and that didnt work either. I still got the eternal "L"
use grub, it's a lot better than lilo
do you happen to know if it installs on the first 512bytes, like LILO does?
got it working by using grub instead. Anyone know how to change the default OS? isthere a grub.conf?
you can change it in the mandrake control center
I got it working, and am in linux now with a fully working dual boot. Thanks everyone!!!:D :cool:
:)
Curse you! Mine ****ed after one day :p I shouldn't have defraged in Windows :(
actually I just messed up my windows :(
Im formatting now, then will reinstall windows. I have the Linux MBR on a disk, so I can easily make it dual bootable now
I hope to later write a tutorial on TT now that I have figured out what it can and can't handle
defragmenting windows had an effect on your dual boot? wowQuote:
Originally posted by Rick Bull
Curse you! Mine ****ed after one day :p I shouldn't have defraged in Windows :(
if you don't want to bugger about with boot loaders and things messing up other drives, why don't you just use a boot floppy to boot into linux, then you don't have to worry about LILO, or GRUB messing with your system ??
just an idea
Its slow.
Anyways, Ive figured out the loading linux part; now the problem is windows being slow, but i think i figured that one out too.
As I said, I hope to write a tutorial somewhere that will epxlain what to do so other people wont go through what I am.....
Are you being sarcastic or are you genuinly shocked? :D The stupid thing is I had Linux on my old PC too, and I defraged that before, but didn't bother to check that it booted into Linux. Then after I ****ed my main PC I checked the old one and it had the same problem :o Whooops :pQuote:
Originally posted by Gandalf_Grey_
defragmenting windows had an effect on your dual boot? wow