Re: How to I get windows to remap drives on bootup

From: Conny (NOSPAMuncurbed_at_swipnet.se)
Date: 09/26/04


Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 00:06:46 GMT


"Randome" <randome_profile@yahoo.com> skrev i meddelandet
news:H_g5d.2398$nj.1027@newssvr13.news.prodigy.com...
> Hi,
>
> I have a pretty unique problem. I use 2 pairs of ide buses to control
>
> 8 ide
>
> When I boot, my ide devices as seen by linux are as such:
>
> The extra controller
> hda - this is where the BIO bootup stuff is written by lilo
> hdb
> hdc
> hdd
>
> The motherboard controller.
> hde - this the first ide device where the BIOS will boot off
> hdf
> hdg
> hdh
>
>
>
> This is a problem: so I force linux to recognize the drives differently
> with the
> following:
>
> image=/linux2b/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.5-1.358
> label=fedora2
> initrd=/linux2b/boot/initrd-2.6.5-1.358.img
> read-only
> append="hdf=ide-scsi ide0=0x1f0,0x3f6,14 ide1=0x170,0x376,15
> root=/dev/hda7"
>
> and now....
>
> The motherboard controller.
> hda - this the first ide device where the BIOS will boot of and where
> the BIO bootup stuff is written by lilo
> hdb
> hdc
> hdd
>
> The extra controller
> hde -
> hdf
> hdg
> hdh
>
> BUT this only works for linux bootup...... how do I get it to work with
> windows partitions?? The following doesn't work. Do I need to remap the
> drives? thanks!
>
> other=/dev/hda2
> optional
> table=/dev/hda
> label=DOS
>

Why remap the drives? If you know where Window$ is located add this to
lilo.conf if it's not there:
other=/dev/hda1

label="WinXP/2K(hda1)"



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