On Wed, 19 Jan 2000, Richard Adams wrote:
> 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 my new 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=/boot/vmlinuz2
label=linux2
initrd=/boot/initrd2
read-only
root=/dev/hdb2
other=/dev/hda1
label=dos
other=/dev/hdb
label = linux2
When I run lilo on this it says 'Added linux
Added linux2
Added dos
Duplicat label "linux2"
Of course it still wont boot to /dev/hdb when I enter at lilo prompt
"linux2" and the tab key wont show it.
> > -----------------------------------
> >
> > 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"
>
Well I copied the 2 files vmlinuz(etc) and initrd(etc) from /hdb2/boot
to my /boot as
'initrd2' and 'vmlinux2' but still wont work, below is copy of /boot as it
stands now;
total 3532
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 20 Nov 30 04:03 System.map ->
System.map-2.2.12-20
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 191244 Sep 27 07:30 System.map-2.2.12-20
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Jan 17 1999 boot.0300
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4568 Sep 22 10:50 boot.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 612 Sep 22 10:50 chain.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 285025 Nov 30 05:33 initrd-2.2.12-20.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 285027 Jan 19 16:44 initrd2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 237 Jan 19 16:56 kernel.h
-rw------- 1 root root 16384 Jan 16 12:24 map
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 Nov 30 04:03 module-info ->
module-info-2.2.12-20
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11773 Sep 27 07:30 module-info-2.2.12-20
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 620 Sep 22 10:50 os2_d.b
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1544561 Sep 27 07:30 vmlinux-2.2.12-20
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Nov 30 04:03 vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-2.2.12-20
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 622966 Sep 27 07:30 vmlinuz-2.2.12-20
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 622966 Jan 19 16:40 vmlinuz2
> >
> > 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.
Just what do I need to copy ??. Can you copy your lilo.conf to me as a
fileattach ?
I am about to give it up and just resort to booting using the floppy boot
for the /hdb boot.
Warren
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