add operating system

[pablo]

I recently installed win xp and xandros on the same hdd. Ijust left it to xandros which did all the partitioning with very little action on my part( I was amazed) I still have the original hdd in the pc (with Win me) which is not connected. How can I get this hdd to be included in the boot loader ?

[faulkner132]

What bootloader does Xandros use? GRUB? Lilo?

[pablo]

Boot manager is LiLo .

[catacon]

I have always used GRUB, but their config files seems very similar, so here goes. The way I learned to add operating systems is by editing the config file (LILO's is in the /etc directory, I believe).

1) cd to the /etc directory

cd /etc

2) edit the file as root (I gues Xandros uses the sudo function for root permissions)

sudo vi lilo.conf

3) then towards the end of file you should see all the operating systems listed, add your operating system, its mount point, and name

# WinME bootable partition config begins
other = /dev/hdb1
  label = Windows ME
  table = /dev/hdb
# WinME bootable partition config ends

4) Save the file, press "Esc" then type:

:wq

hit enter

That [i]should[/] work. Again I have never used LILO, but that is what Google tought me.

[pablo]

Thank you catacon Now I have something to get my teeth into !!