In linux.debian.user, you wrote: > Hello, > > I installed some days ago a Debian r3.0r1 next to Mandrake 9.1. The > installation went ok, but I can't boot on Debian! If I select the "Debian" > item in lilo, it boots on Mandrake!?! > > Here's the partitions details of the hard drive on which Debian is > installed: > > Disk /dev/hdd: 40.0 GB, 40027029504 bytes > 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 4866 cylinders > Units = cylindres of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes > Périphérique Amorce Début Fin Blocs Id Système > /dev/hdd1 * 1 823 6610716 83 Linux > /dev/hdd2 * 824 1646 6610747+ 83 Linux > /dev/hdd3 1647 4766 25061400 93 Amoeba > /dev/hdd4 4767 4866 803250 92 Inconnu > > I modified the /etc/lilo.conf on the Mandrake system (and ran lilo), in > order to add a Debian item. Here's that file: > > boot=/dev/hda > map=/boot/map > prompt > default="LinuxMandrake" > keytable=/boot/fr-latin1.klt > nowarn > timeout=100 > message=/boot/message > menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw > disk=/dev/hdd bios=0x82 > image=/boot/vmlinuz > label="LinuxMandrake" > root=/dev/hdd1 > initrd=/boot/initrd.img > append="devfs=mount acpi=off quiet" > vga=788 > read-only > image=/boot/vmlinuz > label="Debian" > root=/dev/hdd2 > initrd=/boot/initrd.img > append="devfs=mount acpi=off quiet" > vga=normal > read-only > other=/dev/hda1 > label="WindowsXP" > table=/dev/hda > > If I select the Debian item, it boots on Mandrake (which ends with a kernel > panic). I put image=/vmlinuz for the Debian item, but nothing changed. > > What can I do? I'd like to try Debian. It's installed, but I can't access > it... > Thanks for the help!
You are using the same kernel and initrd.img for Debian as you are for Mandrake. I guess the boot fails because it can't find the modules it needs to boot. It is looking for Mandrake stuff on your Debian partition. (Right partition - wrong kernel and initrd.img) The way I do this is to boot mount the Debian partition (/dev/hdd2) and copy the kernel (rename it vmlinuz-debian in the copy), the System.map (rename System.map-debian) and initrd.img (initrd.img-debian). Then edit /etc/lilo.conf using these new names for the image and initrd.img. Rerun /sbin/lilo and try booting. Anita -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
