Subj : Cannot boot Windows after running lilo; "A disk read error occurred"
To   : alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux
From : David Jones
Date : Fri Nov 19 2004 02:23 am

Hi,

My Mandrake 10.1 dual-boot (Windows XP/Mandrake) was working fine until 
   I accidentally ran "lilo" (from Mandrake). The command completed 
without errors but now at the boot menu I can no longer boot into 
Microsoft Windows. It freezes with a black screen and plain text message:

A disk read error occurred
Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart

..I can boot into Mandrake, no problem.
 From Mandrake I can mount and read the Windows (ntfs) partition, no 
problem.
Here is my current /etc/lilo.conf:
boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
default="linux_kernel-2.6.3-15mdk"
keytable=/boot/us.klt
prompt
nowarn
timeout=100
message=/boot/message
menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
image=/boot/vmlinuz
         label="linux"
         root=/dev/hda7
         initrd=/boot/initrd.img
         append="noapic devfs=mount splash=silent"
         vga=788
         read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
         label="linux-nonfb"
         root=/dev/hda7
         initrd=/boot/initrd.img
         append="noapic devfs=mount splash=silent"
         read-only
other=/dev/hda1
         label="microsoft_windows"
         table=/dev/hda
         map-drive=0x80
            to=0x81
         map-drive=0x81
            to=0x80
image=/boot/vmlinuz
         label="failsafe"
         root=/dev/hda7
         initrd=/boot/initrd.img
         append="failsafe noapic splash=silent devfs=nomount"
         read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.3-15mdk
         label="linux_kernel-2.6.3-15mdk"
         root=/dev/hda7
         initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.3-15mdk.img
         append="noapic devfs=mount splash=silent"
         vga=788
         read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.3-4mdk
         label="linux_kernel-2.6.3.4mdk"
         root=/dev/hda7
         initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.3-4mdk.img
         append="noapic"
         read-only
and unfortunately I have no copy of this before I ran lilo.
Please somebody help!

Regards,
DJ

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