Debian 3.0r0 and WinME

[Ayn Sof]

Hey guys,
I saw the light a few weeks ago and decided to install Debian 3.0r0
alongside Windows ME. It was my first time installing any OS (let alone
Linux) but it was all good. The only problem is now when I try to boot up,
Lilo comes up all right, and I can boot Linux fine, but it won't boot
Windows. The only way I can do it is by booting from the rescue disk of
Boot Magic and choosing Windows. But then - hurray - Boot Magic comes up
instead of Lilo, and Linux doesn't boot . I've tried adjusting the
lilo.conf file in Linux, but it doesn't seem to help. I have a feeling it
might be a problem with the Windows partition wanting to be active or
something. If anybody has any ideas, I'd be really grateful,

James

[John Doe]

In article <3f6e6e88$0$23598$5a62ac22@freenews.iinet.net.au >, Ayn Sof wrote:

> Hey guys,
> I saw the light a few weeks ago and decided to install Debian 3.0r0
> alongside Windows ME. It was my first time installing any OS (let alone
> Linux) but it was all good. The only problem is now when I try to boot up,
> Lilo comes up all right, and I can boot Linux fine, but it won't boot
> Windows. The only way I can do it is by booting from the rescue disk of

Need some detail here. Do you not have the option to boot into windows
(i.e. is 'win' or 'dos', or something like that, not one of the options
you can choose from?)

or you *do* have the option and it just doesn't work when you select it?

> Boot Magic and choosing Windows. But then - hurray - Boot Magic comes up
> instead of Lilo, and Linux doesn't boot . I've tried adjusting the
> lilo.conf file in Linux, but it doesn't seem to help. I have a feeling it
> might be a problem with the Windows partition wanting to be active or
> something. If anybody has any ideas, I'd be really grateful,
>
> James
>

having heard so many horror stories about dual booting with WinXP, I
just avoid lilo all together. During setup, when prompted to 'make my
system bootable' I just skip through all that. I do make sure to make a
boot floppy, though. That way... I have *manual* control over what I
boot into.

- Joe

[mjt]

Ayn Sof wrote:

> something. If anybody has any ideas, I'd be really grateful,

.... show us the output of:
# fdisk -l /dev/hd*

and the contents of /etc/lilo.conf
..
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