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Some final remarks..
On Sat, October 15, 2005 5:33 pm, Nick Rout said:
HMMM
http://www.linux-magazine.com/issue/53/Xandros_Desktop_OS_30_Review.pdf
<quote> Due to the different approaches
that Lilo and Grub have, only Lilo allows
users to run Udev to set up dynamic
device files for hard disks – such as
/dev/hda1 – when booting the system. In
contrast to Lilo, Grub needs the device
file to load the kernel – as Grub cannot
find this file, Xandros will not boot with
Grub. This can cause issues, if you
attempt to specify Xandros as a boot
option within a pre-installed distribution
that uses Grub. </quote>
Well that's got me looking further for tips too:
"# Note that Xandros uses LILO by default and offers
# no easy way to install grub. I can only boot into Xandros from a boot
# floppy. My advice is don't mix Xandros with grub ;)"
from: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2004/12/msg00159.html
I can also confirm that the Xandros mkinitrd is indeed modified, from
its different manpage: "This manual page was written by unknown
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used
by others). June 12, 2002 MKINITRD(8)"
As a result I suggest installing lilo to the partition that xandros is on,
and then chainloading lilo from grub. In this scheme grub starts as usual,
and one of its options is xandros. Rather than loading Xandros' kernel, it
starts the lilo on /dev/hda9.
Rough guide:
your grub in xandros is alrady set up to install in the xandros partition,
so it will nopt affect grub.
there is no grub in xandros, nor a package available.
so is this still a starter?
That is because of the line:
boot /dev/hda9
(refer your email at 9.17 pm yesterday)
so boot xandros and then, as root, run /sbin/lilo
how do i know my mbr will be safe?
then boot back to debian (I think thats where you said grub was based)
edit debians grub.conf file to include the following stanza:
title Chainload Xandros Lilo
rootnoverify (hd0,8)
makeactive
chainloader +1
That should get xandros' lilo going
sounds almost worth a try :-)
I was just about ready to recommend Xandros to Ant, because it's the
first distro I've seen with timidity ready to roll, out of the box. Plus
there's excellent docs explaining how to patch it up for perfect sound
out. That just leaves midi sound in to sort out, which may be a snag..
Soundgarden isn't made available as a package, & "Note: Xandros does not
guarantee or support applications installed from sources other than the
Xandros distribution site. Applications installed from other sources may
cause previously installed applications to stop working correctly."
The modified nature of Xandros makes the outcome unpredictable.
So before saying any more, I'll test that myself and/or Kubuntu, on a
midi-ported box.
Unless Nick has Ant working with Gentoo before then.
Or Ant might already have it sorted himself.
Cheers, Rik
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