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Re: How many Linux is enough for lilo!?



Use a root directive for each partition you want to boot from.  
It will need to go with the kernel specific directive sets.


image=/vm2218cd3
        label=vm2218cd3
        read-only
        root=/dev/hdc1


Viktor Lakics wrote:
> 
> Hi fellow Debianers,
> 
> I run into a prob with lilo. I want to have two Linuxes on the same
> hard drive (root partitions /hda8 and /hda9 respectively) and have
> lilo on the MBR.
> 
> Whatever I do, lilo can only recognize the kernel from one root
> partition. I can have several kernels bootable by lilo, as long as
> the reside on the same root or boot (if you have a separate /boot
> partition) partition.
> 
> Maybe i overlooked something, could anyone give me an exerpt from
> lilo.conf, where lilo boots two different Linux distro from two
> different root partition?
> 
> Thanks in advance. -- Viktor
> 
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