10/25/2002 17:53, Cleve Allison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >is the bootloader the same thing as etc\fstab?
No. A bootloader is a program that handles multiple OS booting or booting from different kernels. Examples of bootloaders include LILO and Grub, and there are other I can't remember. The important thing to remember is that a bootloader does not depend on an OS to be running in order for it to run. Basically, a bootloader is a program that runs before any other programs run and allows the user to choose which OS or kernel to run next. It sits in the MBR (master boot record), which is the first 512 bytes of the boot sector (first sector) of a hard drive. For really geeky details, read http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/From-PowerUp-To-Bash-Prompt-HOWTO.html. The file "/etc/fstab" is the file system table for a UNIX-like box. See http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?fstab for the man page on fstab. See http://www.pathname.com/fhs/2.2/fhs-3.7.html for the "official" guidelines for UNIX-like filesystems. Hope this helps. jh >On Thu, 2002-10-24 at 23:21, Douglas Adams wrote: >> You may want to make sure that your bootloader is pointing towards the right >> place also. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Douglas Adams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 11:17 PM >> Subject: Re: [brlug-general] dual booting issues >> >> >> > When you switch over to the other ide controller, what does it show up in >> > your bios as? Primary or Secondary master? >> > >> > I'm no guru, so I may be wrong, keep that in mind. >> > >> > I'm assuming that: >> > Primary Master = /dev/hda >> > Primary Slave= /dev/hdb >> > Secondary Master= /dev/hdc >> > Secondary Slave= /dev/hdd >> > >> > If I'm right (I may well not be), couldn't you change it in /etc/fstab to >> > point to /dev/hdc instead of /dev/hda? >> > >> > On a side note, I have an asus A7V266 board myself, which one do you >> have? >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "Cleve Allison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > To: <[email protected]> >> > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 8:18 PM >> > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] dual booting issues >> > >> > >> > > It says this: >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > /dev/hda6 / ext3 defaults 1 1 >> > > none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 >> > > /dev/hda10 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 >> > > none /mnt/cdrom supermount >> > > dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,ro,--,umask=0,codepage=850,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0 >> > > none /mnt/cdrom2 supermount >> > > dev=/dev/hdd,fs=auto,ro,--,umask=0,codepage=850,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0 >> > > none /mnt/floppy supermount >> > > dev=/dev/fd0,fs=auto,--,umask=0,codepage=850,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync 0 >> > > 0 >> > > /dev/hda1 /mnt/nt ntfs ro,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0 >> > > /dev/hda5 /mnt/nt2 ntfs ro,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0 >> > > /dev/hda11 /mnt/windows vfat umask=0,codepage=850,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 >> > > 0 >> > > none /mnt/zip supermount >> > > dev=/dev/sda4,fs=auto,--,umask=0,codepage=850,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync 0 >> > > 0 >> > > none /proc proc defaults 0 0 >> > > /dev/hda8 /usr ext3 defaults 1 2 >> > > /dev/hda9 /var ext3 defaults 1 2 >> > > /dev/hda7 swap swap defaults 0 0 >> > > >> > > >> > > Wow! >> > > Cleve >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > On Thu, 2002-10-24 at 19:57, Douglas Adams wrote: >> > > > I'm not sure if I can be any help at all, but I'm curious, in your >> > /etc/fstab what hard drive does it say that your boot partition is on? >> > /dev/hda, /dev/hdc, etc.? >> > > > >> > > > Is it possible that the IDE chain that your hard drive is connected to >> > changes the naming of the hard drive, and linux isn't looking in the >> right >> > place when you switch it to the next chain? >> > > > ----- Original Message ----- >> > > > From: Cleve Allison >> > > > To: [email protected] >> > > > Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 6:38 PM >> > > > Subject: [brlug-general] dual booting issues >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > Ok....here's the deal. >> > > > I have an Asus A7V motherboard. It runs a Duron 700 chip with the >> > 100/200 bus. >> > > > The way this motherboard was implemented is that there are two >> onboard >> > IDE controllers. >> > > > One is a 33/66 and the other is a 33/66/100, I think. >> > > > What happens is the upon booting up, it first looks at the ata66 >> > controllers...then scans the ata100 controllers. >> > > > I have had to plug my hd cables into the ata33/66 controller to >> > actually install the OS or OS's. >> > > > >> > > > So....last night I received my new WD 100 Gig HD with the 8mb >> > buffer..pretty sweet. >> > > > had to plug it into the slower ide controller to install first WinXP >> > and then MDK 9.0 >> > > > Everything is cool so far. Took everyones advice and I have a huge >> > partition that both OS's can see...its great. >> > > > >> > > > Here is the problem. When I moved the cables to the ata100 >> > controller....and rebooted....I can boot into WinXP fine...but I cannot >> boot >> > into MDK9 >> > > > If I move the cables back to the ata66 controller then I can boot >> into >> > either. >> > > > >> > > > So there must be something like the boot.ini file in Linux.......so >> > I'm guessing I need to edit it to do something different. >> > > > But if that is the case then why didn't I have to do the same for >> > boot.ini under WinXP? >> > > > >> > > > Or am I barking up the wrong tree altogether? I really want to use >> > the faster controller since my new harddrive was designed to make use of >> it. >> > > > >> > > > TIA for any help you can provide, >> > > > Cleve >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > General mailing list >> > > [email protected] >> > > http://oxygen.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > General mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://oxygen.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> General mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://oxygen.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > > >_______________________________________________ >General mailing list >[email protected] >http://oxygen.nocdirect.com/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > > -- John Hebert
