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Hey, When changing the lilo.conf file I copy the tutorial exactly but when I go to run lilo -v, I get a "Fatal: First sector of /dev/sda1 doesn't have a ...
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    Dual Boot with Vista and Backtrack Problem

    Hey,

    When changing the lilo.conf file I copy the tutorial exactly but when I go to run lilo -v, I get a
    "Fatal: First sector of /dev/sda1 doesn't have a recognizable boot."

    Hopefully, someone can help me out with this, I'm running on a T61 Lenovo, Vista Ultimate OS, trying to use Backtrack 2.

    Lilo.conf File:

    lba32
    boot = /dev/sda
    #compact # faster
    promt
    timeout = 300
    vga = 791

    #Linux start
    image = /boot/vmlinuz
    root = /dev/sda4
    label = BT2
    read-only

    other = /dev/sda1
    label = Windows
    table = /dev/sda

    Now i tried re mounting my /boot/ from a previous post on the forum, and apparently this doesn't help because now I get a
    "warning:
    /proc/partitions' does not exist, disk scan bypasses
    Fatal: creat /boot/map~: No such file or directory"

    fdisk shows the partitions in order and correct System

    When I use the command 'mount' the output is

    tmpfs on / type tmpfs (rw)
    proc on / proc type proc (rw)
    sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
    usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw,devgid=10,devmode=0666)
    /dev/sda4 on /mnt/sda4 type reiserfs (rw,noatime)
    /dev/sda2 on /mnt/backtrack/boot type ext2 (rw)

    when I try command "chroot /mnt/backtrack/ /bin/bash/"

    output is:
    chroot: cannot run command '/bin/bash/' : No such file or directory

    Any Help would be greatly appreciated

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    Sorry about the last post, I looked up the fstab info, should have in the first place. My fstab now reads

    /dev/sda1 / vfat defaults 1 0
    /dev/sda2 /mnt/backtrack/boot ext2 defaults 1 2
    /dev/sda3 swap swap defaults 0 0
    /dev/sda4 /mnt/backtrack reiserfs defaults 1 1
    /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom auto noauto,owner,ro 0 0

    devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5, mode=791 0 0
    proc /proc proc defaults 0 0


    now when i test booting up the /dev/sda2, it seems to be working now,

    it says *added linux
    but when i do this to the windows partition I get an error, I haven't yet run " Lilo -v" I wont want to write to the MBR. Hope this can help someone in figuring out what mistake I have made

    Much appreciated

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