[techtalk] Windows won't boot after RHL7 install - solved!

TiMoNeiRa timoneira at unbounded.com
Tue Mar 6 00:50:38 EST 2001


Hi Raven,

I tried it out and it worked! Jeez, such a simple solution.....!

Thanks a billion :) Where do i send the cheesecake to?

r
;o)

At 20:14 05/03/01 -0800, you wrote:
>Heya --
>
> > My lilo.conf is perfectly normal and ok.
>
>      Try adding a line to tell it where to find the Windows partition
>table:
>
> > boot=/dev/hda
> > map=/boot/map
> > install=/boot/boot.b
> > prompt
> > timeout=50
> > message=/boot/message
> > linear
> > default=linux
> >
> > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.16-22
> >       label=linux
> >       read-only
> >       root=/dev/hda6
> >
> > other=/dev/hda1
> >       label=dos
>         table=/dev/hda    #This tells LILO where the partition table
>is.
>
>      These are all on the same physical disk, right?
>
>Change this, run /sbin/lilo, (you should see two things listed), and
>then try rebooting.  IIRC, Red Hat 7 has the graphical login, so you
>should see both choices (linux and dos) in the upper-right corner of
>your screen the next time you reboot.
>
>Hope that helps,
>Raven
>
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