Re: need a lilo.conf which does not mess up existing linux / partition
Dear Debian users,
Sorry for the last badly conceived e-mail., and my apologies if
anyone went to went to any trouble over it.t
Just in case anyone out there might be interested:
One needs to have EACH kernel, which is pointed to by
lilo.conf 'image = ' record on a partition which is MOUNTED.
In my naivity, I had erroneously believed that lilo was somehow smart
enough to find a kernel file on an unmounted partitions.
So, the following lilo.conf entries which are WRONG:
image=/vmlinuz
root=/dev/hdb1
label=mandrake
.... where the correct vmlinuz is on the partition, /dev/hdb1/ which is NOT
mounted (the root partition of my existing Mandrake Linux system)
This resulted in the Mandrake linux kernel, after I rebooted, behaving in
some ways as if it were the Debian kernel, causing modprobe to
look in a nonexistent modules directory (see below) for a modules.dep
and other modules- related subdirectories.
The correct entries are :
image=/mnt/hdb1/vmlinuz
root=/dev/hdb1
label=mandrake
.../where the root partition of my existng Mandrake linux partition is mounted
temporarilly on /mnt/hdb1/, prior to running lilio.
When I made the correction, the problem was fixed. It seems obvious now, of
course.
Hope this is useful to somebody out there and sorry again, if anyone went to
any great trouble.
regards,
James
James Sinnamon wrote:
> Dear Debian users,
>
> WhenI ran lilo yesterday, it somehow change an existing (Mandrake) linux
> root
> partition and made it unworkable. For some reason modprobe went looking
> for
>
> /lib/modules/2.2.18pre2.1
>
> instead of
>
> /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/
>
> so my Mandrake root partition became unworkable,.
>
> Would somebody be able to kindly have a look at my existing lilo.conf,
> and suggest
> how it incorprated into a Debian lilo.conf file, so that I can boot up
> to either my Debian or
> Mandrake Linux systems.? ( I had no problem booting up to Windows)
>
> On my current system, the root partitions are:
>
> /dev/hda1 : Win95
> /dev/hdb1: Mandrake Linux ver 7.2
>
> At the moment, I have a Debian partiton on /dev/hda8, but for now, have
> use a floppy to boot to Debian Linux.
>
> (I have already read the lilo.conf
> manpages and all th edocumentation I could find, but I can't find any
> clues as
> to the the cause of the problem I described, or how to avoid it.)
>
> I would be grateful for any suggestions.
>
> TIA,
>
> James
>
> ===== Here's my current (Mandrake 7.2) /etc/lilo.conf on /dev/hdb1 :
>
> boot=/dev/hda
> map=/boot/map
> install=/boot/boot.b
> vga=normal
> default=linux-up
> keytable=/boot/us.klt
> prompt
> timeout=50
> message=/boot/message
> menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
>
> image=/boot/vmlinuz
> label=linux-up
> read-only
> root=/dev/hdb1
> image=/boot/vmlinuz-secure
> label=linux
> root=/dev/hdb1
> vga=788
> read-only
> image=/boot/vmlinuz
> label=failsafe
> root=/dev/hdb1
> append=" failsafe"
> read-only
> #image=/boot/vmlinuz
> # label=/debian
> # root=/dev/hda8
> # read-only
>
> other=/dev/hda1
> label=dos
> table=/dev/hda
>
> ===== and here's the current skeleton of the Debian /etc/lilo.conf
>
> boot=/dev/hda8 # Why isn't it boot=/dev/hda ???!!!
> root=/dev/hda8
> compact
> install=/boot/boot-menu.b
> delay=20
> map=/boot/map
> append=""
> vga=vga
> read-only
> image=/vmlinuz
> label=Linux
> image=/vmlinuz.old
> label=old
>
> ===============================================
>
> --
> James Sinnamon sinnamon@usq.edu.au
>
> ph +61 7 46311490, +61 412 319669
> PO Box 517 Darling Heights QLD 4350
>
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PO Box 517 Darling Heights QLD 4350
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