Tom Berger wrote:
>
> Hm, maybe I missed something but why don't you configure the master LiLo
> using M5.3? Another possibility would be using loadlin from your
> win-partition. As for the error messages: you commented the hdparm
> optimizations, did you? If they are still there LiLo will be confused by
> the 'wrong' parameters of your hd.
>
OK, a little bit more info:
Win is on hda1, M5.3 on hda2 and M6 on hda3. (Master)LILO is in
MBR of hda.
In my lilo.conf in M5.3 I have:
boot = /dev/hda
timeout = 50
prompt
vga = normal
read-only
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
image = /boot/bzImage
label = m # for M5.3
root = /dev/hda2
other = /dev/hda1
label = w # for Win
table=/dev/hda
other = /dev/hda3
label = m6 # this would be the entry for M6
table=/dev/hda
So during installation of M6 I tried to install lilo (of M6) in
bootrecord of hda3.
That failed.
If in M5.3 I try to put a line like
image = /boot/vmlinuz
label = m6
root = /dev/hda3
and start /sbin/lilo I get an error message because it can't find
/boot/vmlinuz. Sure, because hda3 is not mounted. If I mount it
on /mnt then lilo can't find it either because it is on /mnt/boot
not in /boot.
As for the hdparm entry: During installation the optimization is
not active because I boot with the RH boot.img. I even switched
to tty2 and deleted the entry in /mnt/etc/rc.sysinit.
I did the whole thing again today. Called fdisk in M5.3 and
deleted the hda3 partition. Disks were synced. Then the complete
installation procedure again with the same result. I even tried
several *empty* floppies. No chance. Problem is that the system
doesn't tell why there is an error in creating a bootdisk and why
there is an error in implementing LILO.
Wolfgang
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