LILO - Dual booting win98 se and Debian Linux 2.2

[triple_burner]

I finally got Debian to install onto my laptop and LILO is on my MBR. I can not get to win98 now. I press shift during bootup to get the options of which OS to use but win98 is not available. I also tried pressing 'a' to get a list of active and nonactive systems but even that does not help. I need help here badly. I know I can take off Debian to get back to win98 but I really don't want to do this since it took me so long to configure and fet past the inital setup of LInux.

 

[SUOrangeman]

Since you just helped me, I'm gonna try and help you.

(I had no idea about the SHIFT thing nor the 'a' thing. I guess I didn't read my docs. I was using Win2K's loader to dual-boot anyway, but I felt a lil naked without my interactive LILO prompt. Is there anyway to get a "normal" interactive LILO prompt?)

Anyway, ....

I am wondering if you /etc/lilo.conf file even mentions you other bootable OSes. Take a look and see if there is something like:

other=/dev/hda1
...label=windows

(I can't indent, so I am using ellipses.)

If it is not there, add it and rerun lilo (as root). Correct the /dev/hda1 to your Windows install, wherever it may be. See if things come up on your next reboot.

Thanks for your help. I hope I have returned the favor.

-SUO, semi-Linux head but a Debain newbie