>> I installed OS/2 boot manager and it boots DOS Windows 3.11
>> and Windows 95 (two different partitions), but fails to boot
>> Linux. This is what I did:
>> 1. I partitioned disk using OS/2 3.0 fdisk and added the
>> Linux root partition to boot manager (so it becomes bootable);
>> 2. I used the Slackware fdisk to change the id code to Linux
>> native, i.e. 83 and 82 for swap;
>> 3. Then I installed Linux and configured;
>> 4. Linux boots from floppy, but not from OS/2 boot manager.
>> Any suggestions?
>> Sharon
>Sharon,
>Lilo has to be installed *on the Linux partition* (NOT on the mbr --
>that's where Boot Manager is).
>You were given an opportunity to install lilo that way when you first
>installed Slackware, I'm not sure I'd know how to do it after everything
>else is installed, but I'd *try* by booting the Slackware stuff as if
>you were going to re-install, then when you come to that menu of things
>to do I'd select install lilo and follow instructions. It's normally
>the last thing you do so I don't *think* it will mess anything up (but
>no guarantees).
>Of course you could also just read the lilo HOWTO and install it
>manually (properly?). :-)
>Maury Merkin
To throw my $0.02 into the fray, I believe that I remember that in
order to do this, LILO has to be installed in a *superblock* on your
LINUX primary partition. That way, when you select LINUX from BM, it
brings up what it thinks is a valid OS (LILO in the superblock), and
LILO then takes over.
Also, it REALLY depends which fdisk you used under WARP. FDISKPM has
KNOWN problems (and I'm not sure they've been corrected fully - even
with fixpack 17). To be safe, you MUST use fdisk from the OS/2
command line. And be sure to set the partition to *bootable*.
Hope this helps a bit!
Now if I could only get past the "Booting" message n the initial
install...
Take care and keep the faith!
Wes
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