Re: Booting 2 Linuxes with LILO
alberto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ] I have 2 debians installed on my system but I'm having troubles with having ] LILO allowing me to boot any of those. ] ] I have potato on /dev/hda3. ] I just erased win on /dev/hda1 :-)) and installed Woody there. ] ] Now, Woody's LILO offers me a prompt to boot the old potato, but won't make ] it: If I try, it will stop at ]LIL- ] ] What is the correct way to have woody's LILO load my potato on /dev/hda3? ] I'd also love to keep the subchoiches there for different kernels. Here's how i do it... On Woody i have two lilo.conf files, one for the MBR and one for the Woody partition. The MBR one i call lilo.conf.mbr. On Potato i have just one lilo.conf file, for the Potato partition. Woody lilo.conf.mbr: lba32 boot=/dev/hda install=/boot/boot-menu.b map=/boot/map prompt timeout=50 other=/dev/hda3 label="Woody" other=/dev/hda2 label="Potato" other=/dev/hda1 label="Windows" Woody lilo.conf: lba32 boot=/dev/hda3 install=/boot/boot-menu.b map=/boot/map #prompt #timeout=50 root=/dev/hda3 read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20 label=2.4.20 image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.19 label=2.4.19 The Potato lilo.conf looks a lot like the Woody lilo.conf. You need to install the boot blocks for the partitions you want to boot, then for the MBR. I usually boot from a CD or something (KNOPPIX!) to set everything up: mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/woody lilo -r /mnt/woody mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/potato lilo -r /mnt/potato lilo -C /mnt/woody/lilo.conf.mbr That should do it... Sebastian
Re: Booting 2 Linuxes with LILO
alberto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ] Can I follow a similar procedure while I have the root mounted? ] ] I booted into woody and had /dev/hda1 mounted as root ] I then mounted potato on /mnt/potato, as you suggest. ] woody: $ lilo -C /mnt/woody/lilo.conf.mbr ] went OK ] ] woody: $ lilo -r /mnt/potato ] told me it was expecting a different version of LILO ] ] woody: $ lilo ] issued a fatal error. ] Then I tried mounting /dev/hda1 under /mnt/woody and did: ] woody: $ lilo -r /mnt/woody ] It was OK. ] ] Still, I can boot Potato, despite the error message. ] It won't bood woody, though! ] ] Could I maybe just have the woody's lilo.conf handle all, without the need of ] the mbr lilo? The actual "lilo" program you run has to match the boot sector you install. So when installing lilo for Potato you want to use the Potato lilo, and when installing lilo for Woody you want to use the Woody lilo. I'm a little confused about your description, but here's a recipe: acquire a Knoppix boot CD boot your system off the knoppix CD mount your Potato root partition on /mnt cd /mnt sbin/lilo -r . cd / umount /mnt mount your Woody root partition on /mnt cd /mnt sbin/lilo -r . sbin/lilo -r . -C etc/lilo.conf.mbr cd / umount /mnt reboot You should be good to go. Sebastian
which laptop with these features?
Hi folks, i'm looking for a new laptop. Can anyone recommend a good one with these features: 14" or bigger screen, with better than 1024x768 resolution CD-RW/DVD drive (fixed or removable is ok) accepts a 12.5mm hard disk accepts two batteries video supported natively by XFree86 4.1 or 4.2 (not nVidia) audio supported by OSS in the 2.4 kernel price under $2,500 I was pretty excited about the Dell Inspiron 4150 until i learned that it only accepts 9.5mm hard disks. Then i was excited about the Inspiron 8200 until i learned that the ATI video card is only available if you configure it with a 2 GHz P4, 512 MB RAM, and a 40 GB disk. I've heard good things about the IBM Thinkpads but havent dont the research yet... Any info would be appreciated. Sebastian
Re: which laptop with these features?
"Paul Ehrenreich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ] Also were you looking at the mobile Radeon for the 8200? didnt they give you ] an option for a M4 by chance? ] ITs been awhile since i looked at Dell's site and see what they have for the ] 8200 line The 8200 comes with nVidia cards or the Mobility Radeon 9000 only. And if you want the ATI, you have to also shell out for a 2 GHz P4, 512 MB RAM, and 40 GB disk. I prefer to buy the least amount of hardware from Dell, and upgrade with the cheaper add-ons from newegg.com or equivalent. I'd happily buy an 8200 with an older ATI video card if they offered it, but they dont. Sebastian
Re: which laptop with these features?
Jeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ] I'm not familiar with the 12.5mm vs. 9.5mm HDD. What does this ] describe? It's the physical dimension of height of the device. In the new high-capacity laptop hard drives they use more platters in a taller stack. I think the highest capacity 9.5mm hard disk is 40 GB, and the 12.5mm disks go up to 60 GB. Sebastian
which laptop with these features?
Hi folks, i'm looking for a new laptop. Can anyone recommend a good one with these features: 14" or bigger screen, with better than 1024x768 resolution CD-RW/DVD drive (fixed or removable is ok) accepts a 12.5mm hard disk accepts two batteries video supported natively by XFree86 4.1 or 4.2 (not nVidia) audio supported by OSS in the 2.4 kernel price under $2,500 I was pretty excited about the Dell Inspiron 4150 until i learned that it only accepts 9.5mm hard disks. Then i was excited about the Inspiron 8200 until i learned that the ATI video card is only available if you configure it with a 2 GHz P4, 512 MB RAM, and a 40 GB disk. I've heard good things about the IBM Thinkpads but havent dont the research yet... Any info would be appreciated. Sebastian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: which laptop with these features?
"Paul Ehrenreich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ] Also were you looking at the mobile Radeon for the 8200? didnt they give you ] an option for a M4 by chance? ] ITs been awhile since i looked at Dell's site and see what they have for the ] 8200 line The 8200 comes with nVidia cards or the Mobility Radeon 9000 only. And if you want the ATI, you have to also shell out for a 2 GHz P4, 512 MB RAM, and 40 GB disk. I prefer to buy the least amount of hardware from Dell, and upgrade with the cheaper add-ons from newegg.com or equivalent. I'd happily buy an 8200 with an older ATI video card if they offered it, but they dont. Sebastian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: which laptop with these features?
Jeff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ] I'm not familiar with the 12.5mm vs. 9.5mm HDD. What does this ] describe? It's the physical dimension of height of the device. In the new high-capacity laptop hard drives they use more platters in a taller stack. I think the highest capacity 9.5mm hard disk is 40 GB, and the 12.5mm disks go up to 60 GB. Sebastian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Booting 2 Linuxes with LILO
alberto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ] I have 2 debians installed on my system but I'm having troubles with having ] LILO allowing me to boot any of those. ] ] I have potato on /dev/hda3. ] I just erased win on /dev/hda1 :-)) and installed Woody there. ] ] Now, Woody's LILO offers me a prompt to boot the old potato, but won't make ] it: If I try, it will stop at ]LIL- ] ] What is the correct way to have woody's LILO load my potato on /dev/hda3? ] I'd also love to keep the subchoiches there for different kernels. Here's how i do it... On Woody i have two lilo.conf files, one for the MBR and one for the Woody partition. The MBR one i call lilo.conf.mbr. On Potato i have just one lilo.conf file, for the Potato partition. Woody lilo.conf.mbr: lba32 boot=/dev/hda install=/boot/boot-menu.b map=/boot/map prompt timeout=50 other=/dev/hda3 label="Woody" other=/dev/hda2 label="Potato" other=/dev/hda1 label="Windows" Woody lilo.conf: lba32 boot=/dev/hda3 install=/boot/boot-menu.b map=/boot/map #prompt #timeout=50 root=/dev/hda3 read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20 label=2.4.20 image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.19 label=2.4.19 The Potato lilo.conf looks a lot like the Woody lilo.conf. You need to install the boot blocks for the partitions you want to boot, then for the MBR. I usually boot from a CD or something (KNOPPIX!) to set everything up: mount /dev/hda3 /mnt/woody lilo -r /mnt/woody mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/potato lilo -r /mnt/potato lilo -C /mnt/woody/lilo.conf.mbr That should do it... Sebastian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Booting 2 Linuxes with LILO
alberto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ] Can I follow a similar procedure while I have the root mounted? ] ] I booted into woody and had /dev/hda1 mounted as root ] I then mounted potato on /mnt/potato, as you suggest. ] woody: $ lilo -C /mnt/woody/lilo.conf.mbr ] went OK ] ] woody: $ lilo -r /mnt/potato ] told me it was expecting a different version of LILO ] ] woody: $ lilo ] issued a fatal error. ] Then I tried mounting /dev/hda1 under /mnt/woody and did: ] woody: $ lilo -r /mnt/woody ] It was OK. ] ] Still, I can boot Potato, despite the error message. ] It won't bood woody, though! ] ] Could I maybe just have the woody's lilo.conf handle all, without the need of ] the mbr lilo? The actual "lilo" program you run has to match the boot sector you install. So when installing lilo for Potato you want to use the Potato lilo, and when installing lilo for Woody you want to use the Woody lilo. I'm a little confused about your description, but here's a recipe: acquire a Knoppix boot CD boot your system off the knoppix CD mount your Potato root partition on /mnt cd /mnt sbin/lilo -r . cd / umount /mnt mount your Woody root partition on /mnt cd /mnt sbin/lilo -r . sbin/lilo -r . -C etc/lilo.conf.mbr cd / umount /mnt reboot You should be good to go. Sebastian -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
