Re: Getting LILO right

[David Raeker-Jordan <rkrjrdn@epix.net>]

One of the best explainations I have seen is at:

http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/lilo.htm


Rick Commo wrote:
> Partitions:
>    hda1 => Mandrake Linux 7.2 (installed first)
>    hda5 => Debian potato (stable - don't play with it)
>    hda6 => Mandrake 8.0 beta1
>    hda7 => Debian potato (sandbox - play here and then move to stable)
> 
> Problem:
> During boot, on any Linux version except ML 7.2, there are dependency errors
> listed where the error message contains a reference to the kernel in ML 7.2.
> In order to get a clean boot I have to sue a floppy that was created when
> the OS in a partition was installed.
> 
> My current lilo.conf file follows the signature.
> 
> boot=/dev/hda
> map=/boot/map
> install=/boot/boot.b
> vga=normal
> default=ML7.2_stable
> keytable=/boot/us.klt
> lba32
> prompt
> timeout=50
> message=/boot/message
> menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
> # Mandrake stable
> image=/boot/vmlinuz
> 	label=ML7.2_stable
> 	root=/dev/hda1
> 	read-only
> # Debian
> image=/boot/vmlinuz
> 	label=Debian_stable
> 	root=/dev/hda5
> 	read-only
> # Mandrake 8.0 beta
> image=/boot/vmlinuz
> 	label=ML8.0_test
> 	root=/dev/hda6
> 	read-only
> # Debian sandbox
> image=/boot/vmlinuz
> 	label=Debian_test
> 	root=/dev/hda7
> 	read-only
> #
> image=/boot/vmlinuz
> 	label=failsafe
> 	root=/dev/hda1
> 	append=" failsafe"
> 	read-only
> #
> other=/dev/fd0
> 	label=floppy
> 	unsafe

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David Raeker-Jordan
mailto:rkrjrdn@epix.net
Harrisburg, PA, USA