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From: Mad Slack on 29 Jan 2010 06:43 hi everyone i recently bought a new laptop ASUS with a Pentium Dual-core T4400, a 320 GB hard disk and 4 GB RAM, already packed with Windows 7 Home Edition.So i partitioned the disk in some partitions (NTFS, and also EXT4 and swap) and installed Slackware 13.0 The install went ok, and when asked where to put LILO, i choosed MBR. After the reboot, i choose to open slackware, and it run with no problems. But when i tried to boot from Windows, the sistem just hanged up. Well, i had to rebuild the MBR, and of course, Windows booted OK. But now, if i want to boot Slackware, i have to boot from a rescue pendisk. Let me say also that Windows is installed in a primary partition and Slackware is installed in a logical partition. Do i need to install Slackware again, and put the LILO in the /dev/ sda3 (Linux root partition), in order to boot from Windows or Slackware, with no problems? Thanks in advance
From: Douglas Mayne on 29 Jan 2010 09:29 On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:43:39 -0800, Mad Slack wrote: > hi everyone > > i recently bought a new laptop ASUS with a Pentium Dual-core T4400, a > 320 GB hard disk and 4 GB RAM, already packed with Windows 7 Home > Edition.So i partitioned the disk in some partitions (NTFS, and also > EXT4 and swap) and installed Slackware 13.0 > > The install went ok, and when asked where to put LILO, i choosed MBR. > > After the reboot, i choose to open slackware, and it run with no > problems. But when i tried to boot from Windows, the sistem just hanged > up. > > Well, i had to rebuild the MBR, and of course, Windows booted OK. But > now, if i want to boot Slackware, i have to boot from a rescue pendisk. > > Let me say also that Windows is installed in a primary partition and > Slackware is installed in a logical partition. > > Do i need to install Slackware again, and put the LILO in the /dev/ sda3 > (Linux root partition), in order to boot from Windows or Slackware, with > no problems? > > > > Thanks in advance > I don't use lilo. but I found this using google: http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/ slackware-linux-help/43664-dual-boot-lilo-conf-howto.html The lilo.conf parameter "other" is the key in booting non-linux OSs. BTW, I prefer using the grub bootloader. It has a lot more flexibility than lilo, IMO. However, just like anything, the best solution is to become familiar with whatever tools you are using. I guess in your case: man lilo man lilo.conf OT: The reason I prefer grub is that it is more like a self-contained mini OS. As such, it can be installed on a variety of boot media, and can be used in a variety of "rescue" scenarios. IMO, time learning about the bootloader and the boot process pays dividends later on. -- Douglas Mayne
From: Mike Jones on 29 Jan 2010 13:34 Responding to Douglas Mayne: [...] > > OT: The reason I prefer grub is that it is more like a self-contained > mini OS. As such, it can be installed on a variety of boot media, and > can be used in a variety of "rescue" scenarios. IMO, time learning about > the bootloader and the boot process pays dividends later on. Confirmed. This... http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/lilo.htm ....might be of some use too. -- *=( http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/ *=( For all your UK news needs.
From: Grant on 29 Jan 2010 15:24 On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 03:43:39 -0800 (PST), Mad Slack <madslackw(a)gmail.com> wrote: >hi everyone > >i recently bought a new laptop ASUS with a Pentium Dual-core T4400, a >320 GB hard disk and 4 GB RAM, already packed with Windows 7 Home >Edition.So i partitioned the disk in some partitions (NTFS, and also >EXT4 and swap) and installed Slackware 13.0 > >The install went ok, and when asked where to put LILO, i choosed MBR. > >After the reboot, i choose to open slackware, and it run with no >problems. But when i tried to boot from Windows, the sistem just >hanged up. > >Well, i had to rebuild the MBR, and of course, Windows booted OK. But >now, if i want to boot Slackware, i have to boot from a rescue >pendisk. > >Let me say also that Windows is installed in a primary partition and >Slackware is installed in a logical partition. > >Do i need to install Slackware again, and put the LILO in the /dev/ >sda3 (Linux root partition), in order to boot from Windows or >Slackware, with no problems? Need to adjust lilo.conf and rerun lilo, not reinstall slackware. For example, this is lilo.conf for my main machine which runs win7rc by default (yes, I use a very simplified lilo.conf): # /etc/lilo.conf for slackware64-13.0 on silly -- 2009-10-06 # append=" vt.default_utf8=0" boot = /dev/sda root = /dev/sda3 timeout = 50 read-only compact prompt lba32 # VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x256 vga = 771 default = Win7rc image = /boot/bzImage-2.6.31.5a label = 2.6.31.5a image = /boot/vmlinuz label = Slack-13.0 other = /dev/sda1 label = WinVista table = /dev/sda other = /dev/sda2 label = Win7rc table = /dev/sda # So for you it's something like: boot slack install CD/DVD mount /dev/sd? slackware / partition on /mnt edit your lilo.conf (vi /mnt/etc/lilo.conf) to fix the boot parameters run lilo with 'lilo -r /mnt' reboot. Slackware defaults to lilo bootloader, I have no problems with lilo, key is to learn about your preferred bootloader (like Douglas M prefers grub) and know what to do when multi-booting issues arise. Grant. -- http://bugs.id.au/
From: Martin on 30 Jan 2010 17:10
Grant wrote: > > other = /dev/sda1 > label = WinVista > table = /dev/sda > > other = /dev/sda2 > label = Win7rc > table = /dev/sda > # > Ooops, I've always added a "loader" statement like so: other = /dev/hda1 label = Other table = /dev/hda loader = chain Is that not required anymore? Martin |