> I've just finished installing Slackware Linux '96 onto a Linux primary
> partition of an IDE drive. Everything works great when I boot from a floppy.
> When I try to set up IBM Boot Manager (that came with Partition Magic 3.0) to
> boot the Linux partition, I get a "non-system disk" error. Basicly this boot
> manager shuffles the active partition. You set the manager itself as active,
> then it points to the partition from which to boot.
> Can someone point me in the right direction to get Linux to boot directly from
> the hard drive? Is this a Boot Manager problem, or do I need to do something
> special with my linux partition to get it to boot directly?
I've been using the Boot Manager that comes with OS/2 for years to do
exactly that (I assume it's the same one, based on your description).
Install the Boot Manager and create your partitions, including the Linux
Partitions, using the IBM tool, then when you get to the Linux fdisk, just
change the type to 83 and install LILO on the MBR of the Linux partition.
For grins, I've even set up LILO on the MBR of the disk, when could then
boot any OS, including the IBM boot manager!
Last night, in the course of installing RedHat 4.0 (a process I'm VASTLY
underwhelmed by, so far), I ran into "Partition is not formatted" when
I tried to boot the new "Successfully" installed redhat, and had to edit
lilo.conf by hand and then do a `lilo -r` from my slackware partition to
get that working, at which point it would make it through the LILO portion
of the boot, at least, just fine.
more details.
-Chandler
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