Lilo question

[Mr Myaghi]

I have win2k and mandrake 8.2 dual booting using lilo. I have to install win98SE :( and that will erase the MBR. If I boot into linux with a boot disk and then run lilo (/sbin/lilo) will this add lilo with all three operating systems on the startup menu?

[cage47]

No. It will just restore Lilo the way you had it before the win98 install. You will have to edit the /etc/lilo.conf file and add the needed lines for the win98 install. Then run lilo again.

[slapNUT]

The new entry should be just like the other windows except the label= line will be different e.g. label=Win98. And the other= line will be changed to the Win98 partition e.g other=/dev/hda4. Then save that and run lilo.

<edit> I think you also have to run fdisk and make the partition bootable, I'm not sure about that.

[ 15 April 2002: Message edited by: slapNUT ]

[Alex Cavnar, aka alc6379]

Originally posted by slapNUT:
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&lt;edit&gt; I think you also have to run fdisk and make the partition bootable, I'm not sure about that.

[ 15 April 2002: Message edited by: slapNUT ]</STRONG>

Which one? the Linux one or the Windows one? I always keep my Windows partion bootable, abd it works fine! :D

[Mr Myaghi]

The win98 partition will be on the last section on the harddrive. I guess I have to make it a primary partition and not an extended (do I have to???). (I have to have win98 to be able to print, lexmark 3200 doesn't work in neither win2k nor linux :mad: ). I've got partition magic so this shouldn't be a problem
Thanks!