On Wed, 19 Jan 2000, warren11 wrote about, lilo for 2nd hd:
> I have 2 HD's, Using RedHat 6.1. First and main drive is /dev/hda
> Second is /dev/hdb
> Here is copy of my /hda2/etc/fstab;
> /dev/hda2 / ext2 defaults 1 1
> /dev/hda1 /mnt/dos vfat defaults 0 0
> /dev/hdb1 /mnt/hdb1 ext2 defaults 1 2
> /dev/hdb2 /mnt/hdb2 ext2 defaults 1 2
> /dev/hdb3 swap swap defaults 0 0
> /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy msdos owner,noauto 0 0
> /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 owner,noauto,ro 0 0
> none /proc proc defaults 0 0
> none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0
> ------------------------
>
> Here is copy of my /dev/hda2/etc/lilo.conf
> boot=/dev/hda
> map=/boot/map
> install=/boot/boot.b
> prompt
> vga = ask
> timeout=50
> default=rh61-a
>
> image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.12-20
> label=linux
> initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.12-20.img
> read-only
> root=/dev/hda2
>
> # image=/dev/hdb2/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.12-20
> # label=linux2
> # initrd=/dev/hdb2/boot/initrd-2.2.12.20.img
> # read-only
> # root=/dev/hdb2
>
> other=/dev/hda1
> label=dos
>
> # other=/dev/hdb
> # table = /dev/hdb2
> # label = boot2
>
> -----------------------------------
>
> I have installed R.H. 6.1 on my /dev/hdb2 and have a floppy boot that will
> boot to it OK. My /dev/hda is a 1.6 gig W.D. and the /dev/hdb is a Fujitsu
> 3.2 gig drive.
>
> I have been all thru the various man pages and the
> /usr/doc/HOWTO/mini/LILO file and have not found a good example of setting
> up lilo.conf to allow booting to the second hd.
>
> The above copy of lilo.conf (with the '# ' removed) will not work when I
> run lilo, The error msg I get is that;
> 'Added linux
> open /dev/hdb2/boot/vmlinux-2.2.21-20: Not a directory'
The error is telling you there is no file or directory called
/dev/hdb2/boot* and thats correct.
The default
boot = /dev/hda
So copy the desired image from /dev/hdb2/boot to /boot/vmlinux-2.2.12-20
( I presume its a typo, as 2.2.21 is not a kernel image, at least not yet.)
In other words, the easiest way is to copy all images into /dev/hda2
> After running that I attemp to boot using at prompt 'boot2' and that wont
> work, If I hit tab then it only lists linux and dos.
>
> According to the mini HOWTO on lilo it says 'other files and labels are
> allowed.
Yes but on the "boot drive"
>
> Note that I can boot to second drive using the boot floppy but that is a
> bother and rather have it an altenate boot from regular lilo.
Then there should be no problem after cp'ing the images to /dev/hda2's
/boot directory and rerunning lilo, at least thats how i do it, that at
least works and is to my knowlage the simplest way, there are other ways,
but i will not confuse the matter.
>
> If I had a good example to emulate I would appreciate it. I have trouble
> understanding all the man files.
>
> Warren
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