boot = /dev/hda1 compact lba32 prompt timeout=50 single-key verbose = 2
bitmap=/usr/share/lilo/contrib/sarge.bmp bmp-colors=1,,0,2,,0 bmp-table=120p,173p,1,15,17 bmp-timer=254p,432p,1,0,0 install=/boot/boot-bmp.b map=/boot/map vga=normal delay=20
image = /vmlinuz initrd=/initrd.img label = Linux alias = 1 append = "devfs=mountramdisk_size=6000" read-only root=/dev/hda7 image = /vmlinuz.old initrd=/initrd.img.old label = OldLinux alias = 2 append = "devfs=mount ramdisk_size=6000" read-only root=/dev/hda7 other = /dev/hda3 label = Windows alias = 3 other = /dev/hda2 label = Test alias = 4 image = /boot/memtest86+.bin label = Memtest alias = 5
I use "other" rather than "image" for my 2nd Linux system and then have separate lilo.conf on the 2nd system. The reason for this was that Debian by default sets up symlinks such as /vmlinuz and /vmlinuz.old pointing to the latest and previous kernels. This makes updating easy. If you try to point to the symlinks in the 2nd system you actually end up using the kernels in the main system which may not be what you want.
Tony Middleton
Kai Grossjohann wrote:
Tony Bradley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Could you please explain how to install two or more distributions alongside one another on the same system, so that I can choose between them using LILO.
Create a partition or two for Debian, then tell the Debian installer to use them.
Then you'll need to configure Lilo to boot more than one partition. I haven't used Lilo in ages, but it ought to be quite easy -- just duplicate the normal Lilo entry and put in the right partition and kernel filename (and initrd name, if applicable -- Debian standard kernels use initrd I think).
Kai
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