Re: Booting Debian from hd w/ boot manager?

[Tom Pfeifer <mailmisc@snet.net>]

Ken,

You may not have set up /etc/lilo.conf correctly so that it writes the
Lilo boot loader to the Linux partition's boot sector. Without Lilo
installed in the partition's boot sector, no boot manager will be able
to boot your Linux partition.

In particular, you need /etc/lilo.conf to look something like this, as a
minimum: 

boot=/dev/hdaX    (replace hdaX with your Linux boot partition)
compact
install=/boot/boot.b
map=/boot/map
delay=20
image=/vmlinuz    (check that your kernel image name in / is the same)
  label=linux
  root=/dev/hdaX  (replace hdaX with your root partition )
  read-only

In your case, the boot and root partitions are the same, based on your
post. But be sure the information above (in particular the specific
Linux boot/root partition and the kernel image file name and location)
matches your actual setup. 

Once you have edited and saved this file in /etc/lilo.conf, run the
command "lilo" from the command prompt to install Lilo in the
partition's boot sector. Watch for error messages from lilo when you do
this. Then if it looks OK, reboot and try the boot manager again. 

I have never actually tried that particular boot manager to boot Linux,
but I would think it can handle it. 

Tom


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