delete an mbr?

[gring00]

Hey.
Latest incarnation of my system.
I have one disk with linux on it and win2k.
I have a second disk with a fresh win98 se installation (incl mbr).
I've tried hooking up the latter as a slave and then in lilo setting this disk up as
Label=win98
(device, can't remember syntax off hand)=/dev/hdb1


I'm very sure it is hdb , but trying to boot it this way causes lilo to say:
Booting win98

and thats it.
My hunch is its the mbr on hdb thats causing this, though I'm not sure.
If so deleting it might help. Don't know.
Any suggestions?

ta.

[aef]

Hmm... having Windows on the second disk is often difficult. You probably need to cross-map the drives in lilo.conf, or refer to them by the names assigned by your BIOS. Post your /etc/lilo.conf (minus the comments) here and I'll take a look. Swapping the drives over would be another solution, though you need to do that in the right way.

Actually, one thing you could try is to put the following lines in the section of you lilo.conf that deals with your Windows install. Don't forget to run lilo afterwards.

map-drive = 0x80
to = 0x81
map-drive = 0x81
to = 0x80

This assumes certain things about your system, which are probably true. In any case, it shouldn't break your Linux booting if it doesn't work.

For clarity, that section of the file should then look like:

other=/dev/hdb1
label=Win98
map-drive = 0x80
to = 0x81
map-drive = 0x81
to = 0x80

AEF


[Edited by aef on 23-05-2001 at 10:47 AM]

[gring00]

Hmm, my windows lilo section is pretty much how you have it there.
However, it looks like the need for the seperate, virgin win98se install has gone away, so I've got another 20 gig drive to play with.
:)
Now what the hell can I use 60 gig of disk for ...

[-[Raven]-]

...pr0n...

[aef]

Originally posted by gring00
Hmm, my windows lilo section is pretty much how you have it there.

Well, we'd probably be able to work it out if was still necessary. But I will one make one point - the difficulties in booting Windows from a second disk are almost always to do with Windows - it needs to believe that it's on the first disk.

Now what the hell can I use 60 gig of disk for ...
...as one of my other friends complains about running out of space on his two UW SCSI 75GB disks...

AEF

[gring00]

Thanks for the advice.

I think I'll try and reserve my spare disk for backup when I can rejig it.
I think its these disasters I keep having that are forcing me to clean up every now and then ..

ttfn