I have just tried, for the second time, to install SuSE8 onto a Windows System in dual boot (the first time I lost everthing and had to wipe the drive and start all over again). Once again I was able to install SuSE then could not boot into Windows only Linux. In Linux fdisk -l produced Disk /dev/hda Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 1 479 3847536 c Win95 FAT32 (LBA) /dev/hda2 1122 1245 996030 f Win95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/hda3 * 480 481 16065 linux /dev/hda4 482 1121 5140800 linux /dev/hda5 1122 1245 995998+ b Win95 FAT32 Disk /dev/hdb (this is my data drive, thank goodness) Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hdb1 * 1 775 3124768 b Win95 FAT32 (LBA) When I tried to change the configuration with YaST2 I received the error; Warning; LBA32 addressing assumed. Device 0x0301: Partition type 0x0c does not seem suitable for LILO Boot Sector. Using a Windows boot diskette and FDISK I found partition 2 as active and after setting partition 1 as active I am able to boot into windows but cannot know boot into Linux. Suggestion to overcome this would be appriciated Regards Keith Jacobs Researching the Baggarley Family History. Member of the Society of One Name Studies, East Surrey & London & Nth Middx Family History Societies.
Alle 19:39, mercoledì 22 maggio 2002, Keith Jacobs ha scritt
Suggestion to overcome this would be appriciated
This is what I would do: Boot into Linux from the CDs, then (leaving the windows partition activated), controlling that lilo.conf contains lba32 and the system to boot that you want, rerun lilo. This is just a try, I am not sure it works, as I do not understand why your system has this problem (but you are in the same situation, right?). Praise
On Wed, May 22, 2002 at 06:39:57PM +0100, Keith Jacobs wrote:
Disk /dev/hdb (this is my data drive, thank goodness) Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hdb1 * 1 775 3124768 b Win95 FAT32 (LBA)
Very sensible :)
When I tried to change the configuration with YaST2 I received the error; Warning; LBA32 addressing assumed. Device 0x0301: Partition type 0x0c does not seem suitable for LILO Boot Sector.
Had to look it up to be certain: http://www.santools.com/smart/manual/partitionlayout.htm -or, rather; You cannot put the boot loader on the W$ partition... Try again, but this time put it in the MBR... This *should* work... Until I finally kicked W$ I had lots of dual-booting going. Always put it Lilo in mbr, always worked. Oh, and when you get into Yast2 to do this, the option to add 'other' OS really *ought* to make windows boot... hmmm... maybe hda1 *does* need to be the 'active' partition... IRC W$ is kind of picky with that... (?)
Using a Windows boot diskette and FDISK I found partition 2 as active and after setting partition 1 as active I am able to boot into windows but cannot know boot into Linux.
HTH Jon Clausen
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