Suse 8.0 and lilo

[Net Llama!]

Well, i see you've already got lba32 in your lilo.conf, as that was 
going to be my first suggestion.  Do you have LBA turned on in the BIOS? 
  You might be safe, or you might not, but if you have a reliable boot 
disk, then it shouldn't matter much.

Harry G wrote:
> After doing a fresh install of version 8.0 on my dual hard drive dual boot 
> machine, I couldn't boot windows, as it 
> listed it in lilo as /sdb1.  Lilo is in my boot sector on hda, by the way.
> 
> I changed lilo to: 
> 
> 
>   other  = /dev/hda1
>   label  = Windows98
> 
> And saved it.  Ran lilo at the SU prompt, but I get:
> 
> linux:/home/harrycg # lilo
> Warning: Int 0x13 function 8 and function 0x48 return different
> head/sector geometries for BIOS drive 0x80
> Warning: Int 0x13 function 8 and function 0x48 return different
> head/sector geometries for BIOS drive 0x81
> Added linux *
> Added failsafe
> Added Windows98
> Added memtest86
> linux:/home/harrycg #
> 
> I am not sure what the warnings mean.  I am afraid to restart the system until 
> I know what it is telling me.  My complete lilo.conf file is listed below.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> TIA
> 
> Harry G
> 
>                                      Contents of lilo.conf
> 
> disk	= /dev/hda
>   bios	= 0x80
> disk	= /dev/hdb
>   bios	= 0x81
> disk	= /dev/sda
>   bios	= 0x82
> disk	= /dev/sdb
>   bios	= 0x83
> boot	= /dev/hda
> change-rules
> reset
> read-only
> menu-scheme = Wg:kw:Wg:Wg
> lba32
> prompt
> timeout	= 80
> message	= /boot/message
> 
>   image  = /boot/vmlinuz
>   label  = linux
>   root   = /dev/hdb3
>   vga    = 791
>   initrd = /boot/initrd
>   append = " hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi"
> 
>   image  = /boot/vmlinuz.suse
>   label  = failsafe
>   root   = /dev/hdb3
>   vga    = 791
>   initrd = /boot/initrd.suse
>   append = "ide=nodma apm=off acpi=off  hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi"
>   optional
> 
>   other  = /dev/hda1
>   label  = Windows98
> 
>   image  = /boot/memtest.bin
>   label  = memtest86

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