lilo trouble

Net Llama! netllama
Mon May 17 11:56:11 PDT 2004


You sure that LILO is the problem?  Do you know exactly what win2k can't 
find?

On 11/29/03 11:28, Wade Barocsi wrote:

> Hi folks,
> 
> I managed to mess up lilo.conf.
> 
> My laptop is a HP ze4125 dual boot (until today) with windows XPpro and slack 
> 8.1.  I wanted to upgrade to slack 9.0 with Swaret.
> Well, I screwed that up, and decided to reinstall linux.  The install went 
> fine except for lilo, which won't boot windows.
> I get a win2000 splash screen, then a can't find message, then a BSOD. lock up
> 
> Partition wise: hda is broken into 
> hda1- "IBM hibernation drive" 
> hda2 Win XP Pro
> hda3 Linux
> hda4 swap
> 
> I've attached my lilo.conf and partition table
> 
> Thanks
> Wade Barocsi
> w.barocsi at cox.net
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> vga=791
> # /etc/lilo.conf - See: `lilo(8)' and `lilo.conf(5)',
> # ---------------       `install-mbr(8)', `/usr/share/doc/lilo/',
> #                       and `/usr/share/doc/mbr/'.
> 
> # +---------------------------------------------------------------+
> # |                        !! Reminder !!                         |
> # |                                                               |
> # | Don't forget to run `lilo' after you make changes to this     |
> # | conffile, `/boot/bootmess.txt', or install a new kernel.  The |
> # | computer will most likely fail to boot if a kernel-image      |
> # | post-install script or you don't remember to run `lilo'.      |
> # |                                                               |
> # +---------------------------------------------------------------+
> 
> # Support LBA for large hard disks.
> #
> lba32
> 
> # Overrides the default mapping between harddisk names and the BIOS'
> # harddisk order. Use with caution.
> #disk=/dev/hde
> #    bios=0x81
> 
> #disk=/dev/sda
> #    bios=0x80
> 
> # Specifies the boot device.  This is where Lilo installs its boot
> # block.  It can be either a partition, or the raw device, in which
> # case it installs in the MBR, and will overwrite the current MBR.
> #
> boot=/dev/hda
> 
> # Specifies the device that should be mounted as root. (`/')
> #
> root=/dev/hda3
> 
> # Enable map compaction:
> # Tries to merge read requests for adjacent sectors into a single
> # read request. This drastically reduces load time and keeps the
> # map smaller.  Using `compact' is especially recommended when
> # booting from a floppy disk.  It is disabled here by default
> # because it doesn't always work.
> #
> # compact
> 
> # Installs the specified file as the new boot sector
> # You have the choice between: bmp, compat, menu and text
> # Look in /boot/ and in lilo.conf(5) manpage for details
> #
> install=/boot/boot-menu.b
> 
> # Specifies the location of the map file
> #
> map=/boot/map
> 
> # You can set a password here, and uncomment the `restricted' lines
> # in the image definitions below to make it so that a password must
> # be typed to boot anything but a default configuration.  If a
> # command line is given, other than one specified by an `append'
> # statement in `lilo.conf', the password will be required, but a
> # standard default boot will not require one.
> #
> # This will, for instance, prevent anyone with access to the
> # console from booting with something like `Linux init=/bin/sh',
> # and thus becoming `root' without proper authorization.
> #
> # Note that if you really need this type of security, you will
> # likely also want to use `install-mbr' to reconfigure the MBR
> # program, as well as set up your BIOS to disallow booting from
> # removable disk or CD-ROM, then put a password on getting into the
> # BIOS configuration as well.  Please RTFM `install-mbr(8)'.
> #
> # password=tatercounter2000
> 
> # Specifies the number of deciseconds (0.1 seconds) LILO should
> # wait before booting the first image.
> #
> delay=20
> 
> # You can put a customized boot message up if you like.  If you use
> # `prompt', and this computer may need to reboot unattended, you
> # must specify a `timeout', or it will sit there forever waiting
> # for a keypress.  `single-key' goes with the `alias' lines in the
> # `image' configurations below.  eg: You can press `1' to boot
> # `Linux', `2' to boot `LinuxOLD', if you uncomment the `alias'.
> #
> # message=/boot/bootmess.txt
> prompt
> timeout=150
> #	prompt
> #	single-key
> #	delay=100
> #	timeout=100
> 
> # Kernel command line options that apply to all installed images go
> # here.  See: The `boot-prompt-HOWO' and `kernel-parameters.txt' in
> # the Linux kernel `Documentation' directory.
> #
> # append=""
> append="hda=scsi hdb=scsi hdc=scsi hdd=scsi hde=scsi hdf=scsi hdg=scsi hdh=scsi apm=power-off nomce"
> 
> # Boot up Linux by default.
> #
> default=Linux
> 
> image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.22-xfs
> 	label=Linux
> 	initrd=/boot/initrd.gz
> 	read-only
> #	restricted
> #	alias=1
> 
> image=/vmlinuz.old
> 	label=LinuxOLD
> 	read-only
> 	optional
> #	restricted
> #	alias=2
> 
> # If you have another OS on this machine to boot, you can uncomment the
> # following lines, changing the device name on the `other' line to
> # where your other OS' partition is.
> #
> # other=/dev/hda4
> #	label=HURD
> #	restricted
> #	alias=3
> other=/dev/hda1
>   label="Other(hda1)"
> #
> other=/dev/hda2
>   label= windows
>   table= /dev/hda
>  
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Partition Table for /dev/hda
> 
>          ---Starting---      ----Ending----    Start Number of
>  # Flags Head Sect Cyl   ID  Head Sect Cyl    Sector  Sectors
> -- ----- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- -------- ---------
>  1  0x00    1    1    0 0xA0  254   63    2       63     48132
>  2  0x80    0    1    3 0x44  254   63 1023    48195  53624970
>  3  0x00  254   63 1023 0x83  254   63 1023 53673165  23936850
>  4  0x00  254   63 1023 0x82  254   63 1023 77610015    530145


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