Re: LILO Problem
On Sat, May 29, 1999 at 02:48:22PM -0700, Lorne Williams wrote:
> Hi gang. I've read every scrap of documentation on lilo I can find *twice*,
> and I'm still discombobulated. Here's my situation:
>
> Dual boot Linux/Windoze, two IDE drives,
> First drive
> /dev/hda1 Win95
> /dev/hda2 Linux /usr
> /dev/hda3 Linux swap
> Second drive
> /dev/hdb1 Win data
> /dev/hdb2 Linux /. vmlinuz image is on the root.
>
> lilo.conf (this boots into Linux, but not into WinDos)
> boot=/dev/hda1
^^^^^^^^^
try: boot=/dev/hda instead, to put lilo into the mbr on /dev/hda
> root=/dev/hdb2
> install=/boot/boot.b
> map=/boot/map
> vga=normal
> delay=20
> image=/vmlinuz
> label=Linux
> read-only
> other=/dev/hda1
> label=Win
add: table=/dev/hda to the end
>
> I've trashed my first drive twice now fooling with this. Debian setup craps
> out because my root partition is on the second drive. Setup leaves me with
> most of the above, but with a blank boot= line. I added the two lines at the
> bottom.
>
> Am I close?
> TIA, Lorne.
>
>
Other than that, it looks ok. Mine is similar, except that I have
multiple image= sections (I have several kernel versions laying around).
Hope this helps,
Mike
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