Re: Installing lilo on second hard disk
Make a tiny partition (<= 15MB) on /dev/hda1 with mountpoint /boot.
Have LiLo run from there...
I guess you want to move it, because you want to run M$-Vaporware. If that's the case, use BootMagic from PowerQuest. That'll nest in the 1st primary partition and you can have it point to a LiLo on any partition on any disk.
mdevin@ozemail.com.au wrote:
>
> Basically I am trying to copy everything over to my second hard disk and
> then set up to make this the boot device. I know how to change the boot
> device in my bios.
>
> The problem seems to be getting lilo on the second hardisk. What I
> tried was this:
> Edited the /hd2/etc/lilo.conf and changed the following:
> boot=/dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/part1
> root=/dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/part5
> install=/hd2/boot/boot.b
> map=/hd2/boot/map
>
> Nb. bus1 is the second harddisk
>
> Then I tried running
> /sbin/lilo -C /hd2/etc/lilo.conf
> but it gives the following errors:
> Warning: /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/part1 is not on the first disk
> Added Linux *
> Skipping /vmlinuz.old
> Fatal: creat /boot/boot.1601: Read-only file system
>
> Note that I have my current /boot (first HD) mounted ro in case I stuff
> something.
>
> If I try booting from the second hard disk, it does nothing. It doesn't
> even come up with the mbr or lilo on the screen.
>
> So then I tried this:
> /sbin/lilo -C /hd2/etc/lilo.conf -i /hd2/boot/boot.b -s /hd2/boot/boot.1601
> it gives the following output:
> Ignoring entry 'install'
> Warning: /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/part1 is not on the first disk
> Added Linux *
> Skipping /vmlinuz.old
>
> But still it won't boot from the second HD - no mbr or lilo messages
> when trying to boot.
>
> How do you install lilo on the second hard disk?
>
> Thanks for any suggestions
> Mark.
>
>
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