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
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James Sinnamon [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ph +61 7 46311490, +61 412 319669
PO Box 517 Darling Heights QLD 4350
