Hi, I'm trying to boot two Linux OS's with lilo, but with no success so far. I've gone through all lilo docs and mini-howtos (which are mainly devoted to Linux + other OS's), and tried several different configurations for /etc/lilo.conf Here are some details:
A primary master IDE HDD of ~1.2GB partitioned as follows: Disk /dev/hda: 64 heads, 63 sectors, 620 cylinders Units = cylinders of 4032 * 512 bytes Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 1 1 305 614848+ 6 DOS 16-bit >=32M /dev/hda2 * 306 306 588 570528 83 Linux native /dev/hda3 589 589 620 64512 82 Linux swap A secondary master UDMA HDD of ~4.3GB as follows: Disk /dev/hdc: 15 heads, 63 sectors, 8894 cylinders Units = cylinders of 945 * 512 bytes Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hdc1 1 1 6936 3277228+ 5 Extended /dev/hdc2 6144 6937 7214 131355 82 Linux swap /dev/hdc5 * 1 1 109 51439+ 83 Linux native /dev/hdc6 110 110 1193 512158+ 83 Linux native /dev/hdc7 1024 1194 1627 205033+ 83 Linux native /dev/hdc8 1024 1628 2278 307566 83 Linux native /dev/hdc9 2048 2279 3362 512158+ 83 Linux native /dev/hdc10 3072 3363 5530 1024348+ 83 Linux native /dev/hdc11 5120 5531 6614 512158+ 83 Linux native /dev/hdc12 6144 6615 6936 152113+ 83 Linux native /dev/hda2 is where the Debian 2.0 root partition is installed, as well as lilo; /dev/hdc5 is where Slackware 3.5 root partition is installed. The other Linux native partitions are directories both SOs are sharing (/home, /usr/local, /tmp, ...) or will be sharing (/usr/doc). The only successful attempt for a /etc/lilo.conf file has been: boot=/dev/hda2 root=/dev/hda2 install=/boot/boot.b map=/boot/map vga=normal prompt delay=20 image=/vmlinuz label=debian read-only image=/vmlinuz label=slack root=/dev/hdc5 other=/dev/hda1 label=win table=/dev/hda `LILO: slack' starts the Slackware OS but loads the Debian kernel image. Note that whereas /vmlinuz in Debian is a symlink to /boot/vmlinuz-2.x.x, in Slackware /vmlinuz is the kernel image itself. I also tried to make a symlink of Slack's kernel image: /svmlinuz -> /vmlinuz image=/svmlinuz but it doesn't work, simply because lilo doesn't look in /dev/hdc5 for the image. Also thought of copying /dev/hdc5/vmlinuz to /dev/hda2/svmlinuz... a bit patchy though, and not very orthodox. Could anyone help me with this, please? TIA -- Un saludo, Horacio [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------ Quis custodiet ipsos custodet? ------------------------------
