According to ^Mr^: While burning my CPU.
>
> when i installed redhat , it prompted me if i wanted to install lilo
> on my MBR or on my Linux partition ( /dev/hda5 ) .. i chose to install
> it
> on the /dev/hda5 for safety precautions ...
> meanwhile , i've been using my bootdisk and also loadlin to get to linux
> ...
> somehow rather , i want to start using my lilo on my linux partition ...
>
> how can i do that , by not installing lilo in my MBR ? ( i'm a bit
> afraid
> it won't work and i'll have a non-bootable comp ) i've tried partition
> manager ... ( which was in the redhat cd .. ) can anyone help me setup
> the compart boot manager for the partition manager ... i've tried but to
> no avail ... i set 1 as my default boot partition ... when the hd1/1
> was loading , i pressed 2 , to get linux to start .. but it hanged ... (
> lucky i backup'd my MBR )
> or if noone knows a thing of that partition manager , could anyone tell
> me how can i use lilo now , in my situation ? a easier or better
> solution problably ?
>
As i see it simply use lilo, you will need to tell lilo where the image is,
under redhat thats /boot so your lilo.conf should basicly look like;
/etc/lilo.conf
boot = /dev/hda
prompt
delay = 50
vga = normal # force sane state
image = /boot/vmlinuz-2.0.36
root = /dev/hda5
label = 2.0.36
read-only
check image and label fileds chage them to reflect to your situation.
Then do;
lilo -v
it should produce something like
LILO version 19, Copyright 1992-1996 Werner Almesberger
Reading boot sector from /dev/hda
Merging with /boot/boot.b
Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.0.36
Added 2.0.36 *
Thats it for linux, 'man lilo.conf' for more details on configuration, also
a look in your /usr/doc dirs, would help, theres a lot of "good" files for
lilo and its own directory contaning just about all answers to your
questions.
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Regards Richard.
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