I have installed Redhat 7.0 to /dev/hdb1. Windows 98 SE is /dev/hda1. Linux swap is /dev/hdb5 I believe.
If I boot with no redhat startup disk, Lilo starts and gives me a "Win" and a "Lin" option. Lin is the default.
If I tell it to load Linux, it gets to a point where it says something like
/dev/hdb1 is already mounted. Can not continue. It then says to press ctrl-D to boot normally, or enter root password for maintenance. If I press ctrl-D, it reboots. If I type the root password, it gives me a prompt, but I have NO FREAKIN idea what to do from there. I am thinking I could probably edit lilo.conf, but it's so much easier not to.
Windows boots fine. If I have the redhat disk inserted, it boots to Linux fine. I have tried writing the boot sector to /dev/hda1, but then Windows won't boot either, and I have to boot to linux and change that setting to /dev/hda, then boot to a win98 boot disk and sys /dev/hda1. That puts the machine back to the original state where I have to use a disk for Linux. I have made Lilo work right with redhat 6.2 a while back, but can't seem to put the pieces together now.
Thanks for your help.
P.S. When I tell it to install the boot sector to /dev/hda1, linux boots from lilo, but won't mount /dev/hda1 because it says that it is not a valid umsdos (It doesn't seem to like me trying to call it a fat32 partition under any circumstances) partition or something to that effect.
If I boot with no redhat startup disk, Lilo starts and gives me a "Win" and a "Lin" option. Lin is the default.
If I tell it to load Linux, it gets to a point where it says something like
/dev/hdb1 is already mounted. Can not continue. It then says to press ctrl-D to boot normally, or enter root password for maintenance. If I press ctrl-D, it reboots. If I type the root password, it gives me a prompt, but I have NO FREAKIN idea what to do from there. I am thinking I could probably edit lilo.conf, but it's so much easier not to.
Windows boots fine. If I have the redhat disk inserted, it boots to Linux fine. I have tried writing the boot sector to /dev/hda1, but then Windows won't boot either, and I have to boot to linux and change that setting to /dev/hda, then boot to a win98 boot disk and sys /dev/hda1. That puts the machine back to the original state where I have to use a disk for Linux. I have made Lilo work right with redhat 6.2 a while back, but can't seem to put the pieces together now.
Thanks for your help.
P.S. When I tell it to install the boot sector to /dev/hda1, linux boots from lilo, but won't mount /dev/hda1 because it says that it is not a valid umsdos (It doesn't seem to like me trying to call it a fat32 partition under any circumstances) partition or something to that effect.