* Ron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-08-25 20:59:32 -0400]:
> I am about to install Gentoo, and would like to know how to write
> lilo.conf to allow a choice between winxp, Mandrake and Gentoo. I would
> like to be able to keep using Mandrake at least until I have Gentoo
> installed and working! I am a newbie and am sure to make mistakes the
> first time around. I have looked for lilo docs online but have not
> found much. Everything seems to deal with dos-linux dual boot.
>
This is exactly what I do.. I'm still learning Gentoo and getting it
configured, but I haven't had any trouble triple-booting Mandrake,
WinXP, and Gentoo.
This is what I did (ymmv):
- You will need to compile your Gentoo kernel (follow the excellent
instructions on the gentoo site)
- Copy the newly created kernel to your Mandrake /boot partition (I
renamed mine 'gentoo')
- Add the gentoo kernel to your Mandrake /etc/lilo.conf
- As root run /sbin/lilo -v
- Reboot and select Gentoo
My lilo.conf is below. Note that the partitions will have to be changed
to reflect your setup. Gentoo & Windows are near the bottom. I use
reiserfs for Gentoo so its shown read-write.
Now if we could both get out of rpm hell.... ;-)
Bill.
/etc/lilo.conf
boot=/dev/hde
map=/boot/map
install=menu
vga=normal
default="linux"
keytable=/boot/us.klt
prompt
nowarn
timeout=50
message=/boot/message
menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
disk=/dev/hde bios=0x80
disk=/dev/hda bios=0x81
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label="linux"
root=/dev/hde7
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append="quiet devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi acpi=off"
vga=788
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label="linux-nonfb"
root=/dev/hde7
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append="devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi acpi=off"
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label="failsafe"
root=/dev/hde7
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append="failsafe devfs=nomount hdc=ide-scsi acpi=off"
read-only
image=/boot/gentoo
label=gentoo
root=/dev/hde6
read-write
other=/dev/hde1
label="windows"
table=/dev/hde
other=/dev/fd0
label="floppy"
unsafe
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