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Posted: Sep. 07 2004,01:12 QUOTE
I just installed 0.8 on another of my computers.  This one also has DOS 6.22.

The DOS partition is hda1 and the Linux partition is hda2.  I set hda2 as bootable, and installed LILO on hda's MBR.  However, when I reboot, I will get either just a flashing cursor or "No Operating System Found"

If I go ahead and make hda1 bootable, the system boots right to DOS 6.22.  So it looks like LILO didn't actually get installed afterall.  These problems remained even when I rebooted with the boot floppy and DSL CD and manually ran mkliloboot.

What step did I miss here?
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Posted: Sep. 07 2004,22:38 QUOTE
you might want to take a look at loadlin
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Posted: Sep. 13 2004,09:29 QUOTE
As an update to the problem, I went ahead and wiped both hard drives and started from scratch.  The "No operating System Found" problem was resolved, but replaced by an even more cryptic error:  "LILO - Timestamp Mismatch"  WTF does that mean?

I disconnected the second drive, and was able to boot up normally.  However, when I put the second drive back in, the problem returned.

What can I do to fix this problem and still be able to have both drives connected, short of replacing it with another drive?
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Posted: Sep. 13 2004,09:30 QUOTE
Oops.  Double post.  Please delete this response.  :D
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Posted: Sep. 13 2004,09:48 QUOTE
why dont you try grub?

i took a knoppix 3.3 CD and "grub-install /dev/hda --boot-directry /mnt/hda2" ed.

i have win98 on /hda1 and linux on hda2

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