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Richard Adams wrote:
> 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.
>
> --
> Regards Richard.
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