On Sat, 15 Dec 2001, Gregory J. Feig wrote: > et al, especially Linux gurus, > > I want to boot two separate Linux distros, in two different partitions, > on my two physical harddrives... > I want to point my IBM Boot Manager at a separate LILO partition > which will boot either of the two Linux installs.
LILO *is* a boot manager. If your IBM boot manager can't load Linux, then maybe you should put LILO on the MBR, and let it load OS/2. > My hardware is: > > Drive 0 - > +----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ > : IBM Boot : Win 3.1 : DRDOS : various : empty : HPFS : > : Manager : Primary : Primary : logical : space : data/apps : > : : : : drives : for : : > : : : : : Linux : : > +----------+----------+----------+----------+----------+-----------+ > :<--------- 3ea Primaries ------>:<----------- EXTENDED ---------->: > : > NOTE-this is approx the BootCylindar Limit->: > : > Drive 1 - > : Primary :<----------------- EXTENDED -------------------------->: > +----------+--------------------------------+----------+-----------+ > : OS/2 : : empty : HPFS : > : Primary : various logical drives : space : data/apps : > : : : for : : > : : : Linux : : > +----------+--------------------------------+----------+-----------+ > > QUESTION #1 - > ....How big a partition will LILO require...??? LILO doesn't requre a partition at all. On my machine it lives on the MBR. This should clarify things: http://rute.sourceforge.net/node34.html - Steve
