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I could install RedHat 5.0 all by itself  on my comupter and it runs

fine. But when I try to install WIn95+NT4.0+Redhat5.0 I cannot install

LILO to the MBR. Here are the details:

I have 2 hard drives. The first one is a 5.1 GB IDE Western Digital

with 1024 cylinders. I used the dos fdisk to create a primary

dos partition on 2 GB and installed Windows 95 on it. This versio

of Windows 95 uses FAT16. I then installed NT 4.0 on the second drive

secondary master) which is a quantum IDE with 4.3 GB space. I used the

NT's install program to create this partition.Even this disk

had 1024 cylinders.

 I could then dual boot between 95 and NT.

 I then started installing RedHat 5.0 on the remaining 3.1 GB

on the first drive. Disk druid identified the existing

partitions as /dev/hda1( Windows 95) and /dev/hdc (NT is

identified as OS2 HPFS). My CD rom was Primary slave so I

guess that was /dev/hdb.

 I created 96 MB swap partition, a 120 MB / partition(WHich became

/dev/hda5 for some reason).

I created all other required partitions like /usr, /home /tmp etc and

left about

20 MB free on disk 1).

I installed evrything fine. Finally the LILO part: I asked

the boot record to be written in the MBR. Lilo asked me if

I wanted to boot dos and linux as well but not NT. But it

showed me the OS2 HPFS partition and blank string. I entered a string

"WIndows

NT 4.0" and said OK. I then got a error message saying that

it could not complete this part of setup or something like that.

 When I rebooted the machine, I could not see LILO start. Only NT loader

started.

 I would appreciate it very much if someone could help me. Please!!

 Regards,

 Ramesh Vellanki

On Mon, 05 Jan 1998 16:39:15 GMT, Ramesh Vellanki

<lots & lots of snippage>

 Ramesh,
It looks like you tried to install lilo into the swap partition. run
the setup again creating your /usr /home partitions first, leaving
enough space at the end of your drive for swap.

lilo 'might' work booting NT on your system, but you I would recommend
installing lilo on you first linux partition (/dev/hda3 ?), then
installing bootpart,

http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/gvollant/bootpart.htm

or os-bs

ftp.cdrom.com (?)

I have os-bs & it is fine.

As with any O/S keep your 2 setup floppies safe, & make sure you know
how to use them.

why do I know all this stuff?
maybe I've made all the same mistakes?

Quote:>or os-bs

Thanks

Neil Turner, Stafford, England

Quote:

>ftp.cdrom.com (?)

>I have os-bs & it is fine.

>As with any O/S keep your 2 setup floppies safe, & make sure you know
>how to use them.

>why do I know all this stuff?
>maybe I've made all the same mistakes?

Quote:>I could install RedHat 5.0 all by itself  on my comupter and it runs
>fine. But when I try to install WIn95+NT4.0+Redhat5.0 I cannot install
>LILO to the MBR. Here are the details:
>I have 2 hard drives. The first one is a 5.1 GB IDE Western Digital
>with 1024 cylinders. I used the dos fdisk to create a primary
>dos partition on 2 GB and installed Windows 95 on it. This versio
>of Windows 95 uses FAT16. I then installed NT 4.0 on the second drive
>secondary master) which is a quantum IDE with 4.3 GB space. I used the
>NT's install program to create this partition.Even this disk
>had 1024 cylinders.
> I could then dual boot between 95 and NT.
> I then started installing RedHat 5.0 on the remaining 3.1 GB
>on the first drive. Disk druid identified the existing
>partitions as /dev/hda1( Windows 95) and /dev/hdc (NT is
>identified as OS2 HPFS). My CD rom was Primary slave so I
>guess that was /dev/hdb.
> I created 96 MB swap partition, a 120 MB / partition(WHich became
>/dev/hda5 for some reason).
>I created all other required partitions like /usr, /home /tmp etc and
>left about
>20 MB free on disk 1).
>I installed evrything fine. Finally the LILO part: I asked
>the boot record to be written in the MBR. Lilo asked me if
>I wanted to boot dos and linux as well but not NT. But it
>showed me the OS2 HPFS partition and blank string. I entered a string
>"WIndows
>NT 4.0" and said OK. I then got a error message saying that
>it could not complete this part of setup or something like that.
> When I rebooted the machine, I could not see LILO start. Only NT loader
>started.

You need to only boot DOS and linux.  When you select DOS from the
lilo prompt, you will then get the NT loader, and the choice between
DOS and NT.  Don't even try to boot NT directly, because NT cannot
boot on the second disk -- it has to boot from the few NT files put
on the DOS disk.

It would actually be possible to boot DOS directly, bypassing the NT
boot menu.  But put that off until you have the basic stuff working.