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03-18-2001, 11:04 AM
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My PC dual boots Caldera OpenLinux 1.3 and Windows 98. I modified lilo.conf to list Win98 as the default image, ran "lilo" from a command line and received the following message "read /dev/hda : No such file or directory". Linux continues to boot as the default OS. Here is a copy of my lilo.conf.
# # general section # boot = /dev/hda map = /boot/map install = /boot/chain.b prompt # wait 20 seconds (200 10ths) for user to select the entry to load timeout = 2000 # #default entry # image = /dev/hda1 label = win98 root = /dev/hda1 read-only loader = /boot/chain.b other = /vmlinuz label = linux root = /dev/hda2 append = " " What am I missing? |
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03-18-2001, 03:22 PM
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Can you tell us how it is setup? How many partitions and which OS is on what. If you didn't know it, here is how it works. hda1 is equivalent to C: in windows. hda2 could be equivalent to D: on windows unless you had two hard drives, then your D on windows would be hdb1 in Linux.
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03-18-2001, 07:30 PM
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I have three partitions. Here is the setup.
hda = Linux swap hda1 = Win98 hda2 = Linux root |
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03-19-2001, 05:32 AM
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Did you try running it verbose?
/sbin/lilo -v Pls post results. |
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03-19-2001, 04:41 PM
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[root@TDub001 twashing]# lilo -v
LILO version 20, Copyright 1992-1997 Werner Almesberger Reading boot sector from /dev/hda Merging with /boot/chain.b read /dev/hda: No such file or directory |
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03-19-2001, 05:05 PM
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I wonder if there is maybe an Antivirus program loading on startup. You should see something like this when you run lilo:
/boot/boot.0300 exists - no backup copy made [Edited by mairving on 03-19-2001 at 06:13 PM] |
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03-19-2001, 05:26 PM
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I have a few queries off your system:
Firstly in the lilo local section (your global section looks fine incidentally) why does it point to /vmlinuz? is it a stock installation? Unless am mistaken all stock installs take it to /boot/vmlinuz check to see if u have /vmlinuz. Is /dev/hda on your system? Did u edit it by hand? Did u try changing it using linuxconf? [Edited by Statica on 03-19-2001 at 06:37 PM] |
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03-19-2001, 07:27 PM
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I didn't see an anti-virus program loading in the system startup scripts. This is a stock installation and I used vi to edit lilo.conf. My system has /boot/vmlinuz and /vmlinuz. One appears to be a hard link to the other. My system contains /dev/hda and the permissions are identical to the other special files in the directory. I could not find the linuxconf executable on my system. Where is it usually located?
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03-23-2001, 07:50 AM
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image = /dev/hda1
label = win98 root = /dev/hda1 read-only loader = /boot/chain.b other = /vmlinuz label = linux I think this part is a bit mixed up. The image option is for the linux boot image. the other option is for other OS you want LILO to boot up. If you want a window$ to be the default OS to boot you need to add the "default = win98" Try this instead : # # general section # boot = /dev/hda map = /boot/map #( Tell lilo win98 is the default OS to boot ) default = win98 prompt # wait 20 seconds (200 10ths) for user to select the entry to load timeout = 2000 # #default entry # #( Note : I'm assuming this is the right path to # your boot image ) image = /vmlinuz label = linux root = /dev/hda2 read-only other = /dev/hda1 label = win98 Hope this helps. Cheers Additional note : I've removed the loader options because by the looks of your setup you are booting from the first hardisk so the loader option is not needed. If I'm wrong you could always put it back.  [Edited by earlboy on 03-23-2001 at 08:57 AM] |
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03-23-2001, 05:40 PM
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Earlboy,
I modified lilo.conf as you recommended but Linux still booted as the default OS. Here is the output of lilo -v -t. LILO version 20, Copyright 1992-1997 Werner Almesberger Reading boot sector from /dev/hda Merging with /boot/boot.b Boot image: /vmlinuz Added linux Boot other: /dev/hda1, loader /boot/chain.b Added win98 * The boot sector and the map file have *NOT* been altered. |
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03-23-2001, 05:55 PM
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I am posting the output of fdisk -l below to ensure that I am describing my partitions accurately.
Disk /dev/hda: 240 heads, 63 sectors, 556 cylinders Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 418 3160048+ b Win95 FAT32 /dev/hda2 419 540 922320 83 Linux native /dev/hda3 541 556 120960 82 Linux swap |
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03-23-2001, 08:04 PM
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Hmmmm, that is a bit odd. Try running linuxconf and configure the OS you want to be the default one to boot.
There is an option in linuxconf for default boot configuration. |
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