Re: [LILO] how to boot a second IDE HD?
hi jack
> > Currently, I'm running linux well on my first
> > IDE HD, but the problem comes when I try to use
> > lilo booting the second IDE HD. Please give me
> > some advices. Thanks :) Oh, by teh way, the first
> > IDE HD (/dev/hda) is the master drive on first
> > IDE controller. The second IDE HD (/dev/hdd) is
> > the slave drive on second IDE controller.
you might need to have a "master" on the secondary
IDE connector... ( some controllers require a master...
- be sure you are pointing to the root partition on hda and hdb..
have fun linuxing
alvn
http://www.Linux-Consulting.com
-
- example /etc/lilo.conf for booting hda and hdd
-
#
# Dual Boot config
#
# see /usr/doc/lilo-* for more info
#
boot=/dev/hda
#
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=50
#
# Boot linux on hda
# ----------
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=linux-hda
root=/dev/hda1 # change partition if needed
# append="mem=128M"
read-only
#
#
# Boot linux on hdd - slave on secondary IDE controller
# ----------
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=linux-hdd
root=/dev/hdd1 # change partition if needed
read-only
#
#
# Boot Win98
# ----------
other=/dev/hdxx1
label=Win98
table=/dev/hdxx
#
#
# end of file lilo.conf
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