Re: Multiboot Query
I have a machine that is similar with Windows 98 and two Linux systems.
My lilo.conf is as below:
boot = /dev/hda1
compact
lba32
prompt
timeout=50
single-key
verbose = 2
bitmap=/usr/share/lilo/contrib/sarge.bmp
bmp-colors=1,,0,2,,0
bmp-table=120p,173p,1,15,17
bmp-timer=254p,432p,1,0,0
install=/boot/boot-bmp.b
map=/boot/map
vga=normal
delay=20
image = /vmlinuz
initrd=/initrd.img
label = Linux
alias = 1
append = "devfs=mountramdisk_size=6000"
read-only
root=/dev/hda7
image = /vmlinuz.old
initrd=/initrd.img.old
label = OldLinux
alias = 2
append = "devfs=mount ramdisk_size=6000"
read-only
root=/dev/hda7
other = /dev/hda3
label = Windows
alias = 3
other = /dev/hda2
label = Test
alias = 4
image = /boot/memtest86+.bin
label = Memtest
alias = 5
I use "other" rather than "image" for my 2nd Linux system and then have
separate lilo.conf on the 2nd system. The reason for this was that
Debian by default sets up symlinks such as /vmlinuz and /vmlinuz.old
pointing to the latest and previous kernels. This makes updating easy.
If you try to point to the symlinks in the 2nd system you actually end
up using the kernels in the main system which may not be what you want.
Tony Middleton
Kai Grossjohann wrote:
Tony Bradley <tony@pop.eurobell.co.uk> writes:
Could you please explain how to install two or more distributions
alongside one another on the same system, so that I can choose between
them using LILO.
Create a partition or two for Debian, then tell the Debian installer
to use them.
Then you'll need to configure Lilo to boot more than one partition.
I haven't used Lilo in ages, but it ought to be quite easy -- just
duplicate the normal Lilo entry and put in the right partition and
kernel filename (and initrd name, if applicable -- Debian standard
kernels use initrd I think).
Kai
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