----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry Marler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 12:08 PM Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] dual booting problems
> On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 11:35:46 -0800 > "Mike Adolf" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Greetings, > > > > This is my first exposure to gentoo. The 2CD GRP install went > > smoothly until I got to the lilo configuration. The lilo.conf file > > example wanted to install lilo in the MBR of hda (my window disk, I > > have a second disk with gentoo). I don't want this, so I quit the > > install. I would like to use NTLDR, windows boot manager. It is very > > simple, you just run bootpart to add a second boot to boot.ini. I > > know this because I used it when I tried Debian. Does any know how to > > use NTLDR with Gentoo? > > But the NT boot loader was not booting linux; it was just handing > off to your linux boot loader. You'll still have to install LILO (or > GRUB, etc.). Installl LILO on your other hd, and use bootpart. > > -- > Barry Marler > Information Analyst II > Center for Applied Genetic Technologies > University of Georgia > Athens, GA > USA > I booted off the live CD, mounted the new gentoo partitions, and chroot to new install. My lilo.conf is: ########### boot=/dev/hdb map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b prompt timeout=50 lba32 default=linux image=/boot/kernel-2.4.20-gentoo-r6 label=gk_linux root=/dev/hdb3 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.20-gentoo-r6 append="root=/dev/hdb3 init=/linuxrc" ############ When I ran it (/sbin/lilo), I got: ************ Warning /dev/hdb/ is not the first drive Warning Unable to determine video adapter in use in present system Addes gk_linux Fatal: No images have been defined or default image doesen't exist. ************ I don't understand the Fatal since "kernel-2.4.20-gentoo-r6" IS in /boot ?? mike > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
