Re: A new Debian user's initial questions

[Michael Beattie <mickyb@es.co.nz>]

On Sat, 14 Nov 1998, Chris Mayes wrote:

> Hello, everyone.  While I am not particualrly new to Linux in general
> (June '98 RH 5.0/1, SuSE 5.2/3), i am totally new to Debian.  As such, I
> have a few questons.
> 
> My frst question actually pertains more to System Commander than Debian
> itself, though it's involved ;-)  Here it is: when I modify lilo.conf and
> run lilo, all goes smoothly:
> 
> added:
>    Linux *
>    suse
> 
> or its equivalent.  However, when I reboot and select the root partition,
> it still boots directly into Deban, as if I hadn't changed the
> configuration.  Here's my lilo.conf:
> 
> boot=/dev/hda2
> install=/boot/boot.b
> map=/boot/map
> vga=normal
> delay=20
> 
> image=/vmlinuz
> root=/dev/hda2
> label=Linux
> read-only
> 
> image = /vmlinuz
> root = /dev/hdd1
> label = suse
> read-only
> 
> It looks okay to me...  Anyway, on with the questions.


I think you are trying to start suse with your debian kernel. what you
should do, is mount the suse partition, and have
'image = /suse_root/vmlinuz' in the suse section.

                       Michael Beattie (mickyb@es.co.nz)

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