[plug] Windows XP and Debian

I am the LinuxAlien linuxalien at optusnet.com.au
Sun Mar 16 11:27:22 WST 2003


I am currently running both Windows XP and Debian. They are on separate 
disks, Debian on /dev/hda and XP on /dev/hdd. I installed it like 
recommended on the web and disconnected /dev/hda when I installed XP. I 
wish to be able to boot ether XP or Debian through a boot loader and am 
currently using lilo installed on /dev/hda. I can boot XP by selecting 
"IDE-1"as the boot device on the bios and I can boot Debian through lilo by 
selecting "IDE-0" as the boot device. I have tried to add XP to lilo but can't.
If I add:

other = /dev/hdd
         label = "XP"

Then it says there is not bootable disk...
If I add:

Other = /dev/hdd1
         Label = "XP"

Then it sits there doing nothing.
The XP partition is set as bootable(active) on its drive.
Any help would be appreciated as I don't like going into the bios every 
time i need to swap OSs.
I have set 'root = /dev/hda8' globally in the lilo.conf file, could this be 
causing this?
Thanks
Tim
p.s. I don't need to here a saga on how to get rid of XP and so on. I 
require a Windows version (NT) for work and XP is the current one i am using.

LinuxAlien

Riverton, Perth, WA



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