Bootproblem

[Icestick]

Hi
I'm totaly new to linux, and now i have a problem.
I have Linux on my hda
and Win98 on hdb.
But when i try to boot windows i get the following error message:

loading windows...
Invalid bootdisk
Please insert bootdisk and press a key

I've tried to edit my lilo.conf but it didn't work

other=dev/hdb1
label=windows
table=dev/hdb

Who could help me??

Thanks IceStick,

[bdg1983]

If you are booting windows from the 2nd drive (hdb) then you need a couple of map commands in /etc/lilo.conf.

Actually someone just posted the same question within the last 24hrs and I suggested the same thing.

The problem is, I don't remember the exact map commands you need. They have been posted here in the past or you could try a Google search for lilo map or something similar and you should be able to find the answer.

[Linuxcool]

Is that an accurate copy of part of your lilo.conf file? If it is, there are a couple of errors. It should read:
other=/dev/hdb1
label=windows
table=/dev/hdb

The additional code you're thinking of mdwatts is:
map-drive=0x80
to=0x81
map-drive=0x81
to=0x80

So it would look like this:
other=/dev/hdb1
label=windows
table=/dev/hdb
map-drive=0x80
to=0x81
map-drive=0x81
to=0x80

[ 08 August 2001: Message edited by: Linuxcool ]

[bdg1983]

Thanks Linuxcool.

Actually someone posted the exact same question yesterday and I managed to find and post those map commands from a Google search.

I should have remembered to also post the answer here.

[Icestick]

LinuxCool
The lilo.conf was like you said.
But later i changed it how i said it.
Because with the map commands it didn't work either.

I didn't know exactly what the map commands were.
But i changed it back how you said it.

It's so strange that when i try to boot windows it's looking for a bootdisk.

But i think it's my 2nd hd that's causing the problem, because when i change in the bios to boot from the 2nd hd, i get the same error. Like my hd can't boot :(
Pretty weird

But thanks anyway

[Icestick]

Yes i did it! :)
I will tell you how i did it

Their was a little problem when i tried to boot windows
When i Tried; HDB (D :) becomes HDA (c :), because windows can't read linux partitions
Windows is trying to find Win.com on HDB (D :)
Because i installed it on drive D
But because HDB became HDA it couldn't find win.com. :)

What i did was put off the datacable of HDA (linux disk) and reinstalled windows on disk as it used to

after that i put the datacable back in
and it worked :))

I hope you'll get it :)

ps: I'm typing this in windows :)