In alt.os.linux.slackware ronis-REM0VE@ronispc-d0t-chem-d0t-mc...quebec-is.invalid wrote:

> I'm setting up a Dell that came with windows XP installed on its hard
> drive. I've added another drive, configured to be the master, and
> changed the original drive to be the slave. I installed 10.1 on the
> new drive and had lilo self-install on the MBR of that drive. The
> install script recognized the windows partition on the original drive
> and added an entry for it (on /dev/hdb2 with table=/dev/hdb). While
> booting into Linux works exactly as expected (the original drive is
> also accessible), if I try to boot into the windows partition the
> system hangs. One exception to this behavior is when I set the boot
> flag on windows partition; now the system boots directly into windows,
> and I never see the LILO menu.
>
> Any suggestions?

The suggestions about map-drive worked; however, the same is
accomplished with the boot-as option. I simply added:

boot-as = 0x80

to the windows section of lilo.conf and voila. Thank's for all the help.


David