<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> <TITLE>NT OS Loader + Linux mini-HOWTO: Troubleshooting </TITLE> <LINK HREF="Linux+NT-Loader-9.html" REL=next> <LINK HREF="Linux+NT-Loader-7.html" REL=previous> <LINK HREF="Linux+NT-Loader.html#toc8" REL=contents> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="Linux+NT-Loader-9.html">Next</A> <A HREF="Linux+NT-Loader-7.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="Linux+NT-Loader.html#toc8">Contents</A> <HR> <H2><A NAME="s8">8. Troubleshooting </A></H2> <P>If things do not work as expected, check bootability with a floppy disk. With <CODE>/dev/hdb1</CODE> as your Linux-partition, your <CODE>/etc/lilo.conf</CODE> has the following entries: <P> <BLOCKQUOTE><CODE> <PRE> root=/dev/hdb1 boot=/dev/fd0 </PRE> </CODE></BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Run lilo with a diskette inserted. Now try to boot from the diskette. If your Linux on <CODE>/dev/hdb1</CODE> can't be started, the NT OS loader will also fail to start it. If you see a lot of <CODE>01 01 01 01</CODE>, your root-disk is not accessible. Check whether all your disks are known by the bios. <P> <P>If the floppy boots your Linux partition, you can peel of your boot-sector for the NT OS loader with: <P> <BLOCKQUOTE><CODE> <PRE> # dd if=/dev/fd0 of=/bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1 </PRE> </CODE></BLOCKQUOTE> <P> <P>You can keep this diskette as your rescue-diskette just in case your Windows NT installation breaks. <P> <P> <HR> <A HREF="Linux+NT-Loader-9.html">Next</A> <A HREF="Linux+NT-Loader-7.html">Previous</A> <A HREF="Linux+NT-Loader.html#toc8">Contents</A> </BODY> </HTML>
