Re: win98 doesn't boot after Gnome install!!!

[Jan Gentsch <gentsch ifm uni-hamburg de>]

Brian Kurotsuchi wrote:
> 
> I agree that this certainly NOT a Gnome problem...but we'll help you fix it
> anyway. :)
> 
> The general format for using lilo to boot multiple OSs is:
> 
> ------- /etc/lilo.conf -------
> boot=/dev/hda
> map=/boot/map
> install=/boot/boot.b
> prompt
> timeout=50
> image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.0.36-0.7
>         label=linux
>         root=/dev/hda1
>         read-only
> other=/dev/hda2
>         label=win95
>         table=/dev/hda
> ------- /etc/lilo.conf -------
> 
> I don't remember (/want to remember?) if this works with NT.  Also, this
> generic config won't work if you have any of the linux root partition
> extending past approx. 540MB from the beginning disk.

Very Important!!!
This does not work with NT!!
You need to use the NT boot-loader to boot NT.
There is information on how to set this up in the SuSE installation
manual.
It also states that though this method works it is very inconvenient to
use,
so a boot disk might be the best method after all.

Jan