Christopher Quale wrote:
>
> I added RH 6.1 to my mix of Mandrake 6.0 and Win98. Here
> is the layout:
>
> /dev/hda1 - win98
> /dev/hdb1 - Mandrake /boot
> /dev/hdb2 - Mandrake /
> /dev/hdc - CDROM
> /dev/hdd1 - RH /boot
> /dev/hdd2 - RH /
>
> I have lilo installed on /dev/hda , and I'm able to
> boot LM and 98, but I can't get lilo working correctly
> to allow me to boot RH. I am thinking that I need to
> do the following:
>
> add the following to /etc/lilo.conf (on LM)
>
> other=/dev/hdd
> label=rhlinux
No, you can't do this. "other" is for Microsoft OSes
(and possibly OS/2 too).
The way to do it is:
1. make your RH boot partition known to the Mandrake Linux
by putting an entry in its fstab, e.g:
/dev/hdd1 /mnt/RHboot ext2 ro 0 0
then mount it.
2. add to your Mandrake /etc/lilo.conf:
image=/mnt/RHboot/vmlinuz-2.2.14
label=RH
root=/dev/hdd2
read-only
3. execute lilo (generate the boot tables).
4. that's all, folks !
Explanation: the "image" you point the lilo entry to,
must be found by lilo when it's executing (generating
the boot tables) so you have to make the RH boot partition
readable (read-only if you prefer) to your Mandrake linux,
if you are executing lilo under Mandrake.
Likewise if you want to execute lilo (generate boot tables)
under RH, you have to make your Mandrake boot partition
readable there.
Hope this helps.
--
Jean-Louis Debert [EMAIL PROTECTED]
74 Annemasse France
old Linux fan
