ELX Bootloader

[JJ Watson]

   Chris, Thank you very much! It worked. I am trying to wean off
   windoze, but for the meantime I have a lot of files on that side of
   the universe that I needed! I owe you.
   ----- Original Message -----
   From: Chris Bier
   To: JJ Watson , kclug at kclug.org
   Subject: Re: ELX Bootloader
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   > hda is the first (master) drive on the primary IDE chain.
   > hdb is the second (slave) drive on the primary IDE chain.
   > hdc is the first (master) drive on the secondary IDE chain.
   > hdb is the second (slave) drive on the secondary IDE chain.
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   > Try changing the other line to:
   >
   > other=/dev/hdc1
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   > and try a
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   > table=/dev/hdc
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   > under it. This is of course supposing that windows is on
   > hdc1.
   >
   > Chris Bier
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   >
   > On Sat, 2002-10-12 at 17:32, JJ Watson wrote:
   > >
   > > I have LILO, but I am not sure which hd is windoze, I think
   > > it is hdc1. At any rate, when I use the Boot Manager utility
   > > and modify lilo.cfg, it informs me that it is incorrect.
   > > Here is the file:
   > >
   > > boot="/dev/hdc"
   > > map=/boot/map
   > > install=/boot/boot.b
   > > prompt
   > > timeout="200"
   > > message=/boot/message
   > > lba32
   > > default=ELX
   > >
   > > image="/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.17-3elx"
   > > label="ELX"
   > > initrd="/boot/initrd-2.4.17-3elx.img"
   > > read-only
   > > root="/dev/hdd5"
   > >
   > > other=/dev/hdc
   > > label="doze"
   > >
   > > ----- Original Message -----
   > > From: Chris Bier
   > > Date: 12 Oct 2002 15:34:03 -0500
   > > To: JJ Watson , kclug at kclug.org
   > > Subject: ELX Bootloader
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   > > > JJ,
   > > > What boot loader are you using? LILO uses a config file in etc
   > > > called lilo.conf After editing it you have to run the lilo
   > > > program to load it onto the drive.
   > > > My entry for windows looks like this:
   > > >
   > > > other=/dev/hda2
   > > > label=doze
   > > > table=/dev/hda
   > > >
   > > > You will, of couse, need to change the device reference to the
   > > > partition you are using. The table entry should just point
   > > > to the disk, not the partion.
   > > >
   > > > Grub is the other popular boot loader. I don't have much
   > > > experience with it, but here is a config from it's config,
   > > > menu.lst
   > > >
   > > > title windows
   > > > root (hd1,1)
   > > > map (0x81) (0x80)
   > > > map (0x80) (0x81)
   > > > makeactive
   > > > chainloader +1
   > > >
   > > > Again changing the drive and partition references to your
   > > > setup.
   > > >
   > > > Chris Bier
   > > >
   > > > On Sat, 2002-10-12 at 14:04, JJ Watson wrote:
   > > > > Has anyone installed ELX? I installed on a WinXP box, seperate
   > > > > HD. The boot loader did not pick up the windows partition, but
   > > > > I see by running fdisk that the ntfs/dos partitions are there.
   > > > > Any ideas on how to get windows back is appreciated. Not by
   > > > > choice, I have work stuff on that partition that I need.
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