[PLUG] dual-boot install
Paul Johnston
pjohnston at inetarena.com
Sat Nov 9 08:17:50 UTC 2002
Just attempted to do a dual-boot install of RedHat 7.3 on my Win2k=hda1
computer. I used Disk Druid to partition my hard drive for the "custom"
install option (/boot=/dev/hda2, /=/dev/hda3, swap=/dev/hda5). I specified
that LILO should be put in /boot, a necessity to prevent changes to the
NTFS MBR on hda1.
However, also on the bootloader selection screen was a field containing
"hdc=ide-scsi". I could not figure this out, and there was little or no
information about it in the online help provided by the install.
Part of my dual-boot install scheme was to edit lilo.conf in Linux rescue
mode before the computer did it's first post-install reboot; I was unable
to do this. Once the last package was installed the CD-ROM tray popped
open and the POST started before I had a chance to react. The computer
booted based on the lilo.conf file created by the install process.
I was presented with the lilo GUI, and Linux booted just fine. However,
when I tried to boot into Win2k it was hosed.
Back in Linux, I checked lilo.conf. Part of it was as follows:
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-3
label=linux
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.18-3.img
read-only
root=/dev/hda3
append="hdc=ide-scsi"
Also, in anaconda-ks.cfg was the following:
bootloader --append hdc=ide-scsi --useLilo
What the heck is 'hdc=ide-scsi'? Should I have blanked-out that field in
the bootloader selection screen? I'm going to check Red Hat and Google,
but I would appreciate any input from the PLUG community.
Thanks.
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Paul Johnston -----------> pjohnston at inetarena.com
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