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Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.setup
Date: 2000-10-03 02:03:59 PST

>I want to boot DOS, Win98, and Linux, and I have a problem with the
>partition table changes necessary to do this.  The only partition types
>defined in lilo according to some text file in the docs directory are
>DOS_12, DOS_16_small, and DOS_16_big.  So what do I do if I want to
>hide/unhide a FAT32 partition?  Ideally I would hide the Win98 partition
>from DOS when DOS boots, and then unhide it when Win98 boots.
>
>In case it's not clear what I'm asking for, it should eventually look like
>this:
>
>other=/dev/hda1                                        #this is DOS
>the usual...
>change
>                    partition=/dev/hda1
>                    activate
>                    set=DOS_16_big_normal
>                    partition=/dev/dha2                #the Win98 partition
>                    deactivate
>                    set=xxxxx_hidden                  #here's the problem
>                                                                 #how do I
>refer to the FAT32 system?
>
>Note that this is just from my head, not from lilo.conf so some syntax is
>probably off, but I think it's good enough to show what I'm looking for.

From the Lilo readme file it seems as it is possible to define your own change rules. Look for "change-rules".

Primary FAT32 ending cylinder 1024 or later: 0x0C, hidden 0x1C

Other FAT32: 0x0B, hidden 0x1B

Svend Olaf