I just wanted to propose/throw out an idea about some changes to how
lilo.conf is written.
If there is a SCSI/IDE mixed machine that is booting off a scsi
device/disk can we add in these lines to lilo.conf:
boot=/dev/sda (the scsi disk that is booting cound be /dev/sdb,sdc,...)
disk=/dev/sda (the scsi disk that is booting cound be /dev/sdb,sdc,...)
bios=0x80
The problem with lilo is it assumes that an ide disk (if on the system) is
the first disk, and therefore is the boot device. If you run lilo then
your MBR is jacked up and when you reboot your screwed. It would be nice
that out of the box I can run lilo without hosing my system... :)
I don't understand how lilo can be run in the first place without making a
bad MBR... but somehow the installation gets away with not needed the
disk= and bios= options. But once the system is installed I have to make
these changes to lilo.conf to be able to run lilo at all. :(
from http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/LILO-4.html quote: "By default,
Lilo assumes that IDE drives are mapped first by the BIOS, but this can be
overridden by using instructions like these in /etc/lilo.conf:
disk = /dev/sda
bios = 0x80"
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Bryan Whitehead
SysAdmin - JPL - Interferometry Systems and Technology
Phone: 818 354 2903
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