LILO problem booting winxp hdd

[doox00]

I just installed slackware 10.2, that is all well, but my windows installation will not load, it just says Loading Windows when I select it and does nothing more.

here is what my lilo.conf looks like

# LILO configuration file
# generated by 'liloconfig'
#
# Start LILO global section
boot = /dev/hda
#compact # faster, but won't work on all systems.
prompt
timeout = 50
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x256
vga = 773
# Normal VGA console
# vga = normal
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x64k
# vga=791
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x32k
# vga=790
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x256
# vga=773
# VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x64k
# vga=788
# VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x32k
# vga=787
# VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x256
# vga=771
# VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x64k
# vga=785
# VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x32k
# vga=784
# VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x256
# vga=769
# ramdisk = 0 # paranoia setting
# End LILO global section
# Linux bootable partition config begins
image = /boot/vmlinuz
root = /dev/hda1
label = Linux
read-only # Non-UMSDOS filesystems should be mounted read-only for checking
# Linux bootable partition config ends
# Windows bootable partition config begins
other = /dev/hdb1
label = Windows
# map-drive = 0x80
# to = 0x81
# map-drive = 0x81
# to = 0x80
table = /dev/hdb
# Windows bootable partition config ends


linux is on my primary ide hard drive, hda and windows is on my sec drive, hdb

thanks for any input.

[mlangdn]

This is what you have in the relevant section:

# Windows bootable partition config begins
other = /dev/hdb1
label = Windows
# map-drive = 0x80
# to = 0x81
# map-drive = 0x81
# to = 0x80
table = /dev/hdb
# Windows bootable partition config ends

This is what it should look like:

# Windows bootable partition config begins
other = /dev/hdb1
label = Windows
map-drive = 0x80
to = 0x81
map-drive = 0x81
to = 0x80
table = /dev/hdb
# Windows bootable partition config ends

[TheBigPhish]

is all that hex mapping required? I am currently just using the
"label + other + table" headers in lilo w/o problems....

[mlangdn]

It is necessary for a second drive. If there is only one drive this is not needed.

The above example is the hard-coded way. Modern lilo versions would work with simply:

boot-as = 0x80

Older versions only require all that.

[doox00]

well I think the problem was with my xp install. XP drive was the primary drive on the pri ide chain, I added another hdd in and put that as the pri ide on the pri chain and put the xp drive on the sec chain. so I think it was a problem with the boot.ini not pointing to the right disk. Thank you all for your input.