I can't think of any good reason to be referencing a /mnt/ point in lilo.conf. LILO cares only about where your kernel is, and where the / filesystem is. Neither are traditionally placed under /mnt
--- Ken Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The problem with the simple solution is the way lilo.conf is set up > refers to image=/mnt/hda5 or /mnt/hda? (whatever) except for redhat, > which is /boot/... RedHat is on /dev/hda6 (with it's /home on > /dev/hda7.) I'm currenly mostly using elx linux on /dev/hda10, which > would not be /mnt/hda10 when running /sbin/lilo from elx. > > It occurs to me that I'm using incorrect syntax in lilo.conf. should I > be using /dev instead of /mnt? But then what about the image=/boot/... > which will vary from dist to dist? > > Thinking out loud... > > RTFM.... > > Here is part of my Redhat lilo.conf; > > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.2-2 > label=RedHat_Linux > read-only > root=/dev/hda6 > append="hdb=ide-scsi hdc=ide-scsi" > > image=/mnt/hda5/boot/vmlinuz > label=Libranet_Linux > read-only > root=/dev/hda5 > append="hdb=ide-scsi hdc=ide-scsi" > > [snip] > > image=/mnt/hda10/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.13-1elx > label=Elx_Linux_RC2 > read-only > root=/dev/hda10 > append="hdb=ide-scsi hdc=ide-scsi" > > > > On Sat, 23 Feb 2002 12:01:20 -0800 (PST) > Net Llama <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > --- Ken Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have been using lilo, with my config file in my redhat7.1 > > > install. I have been booting to redhat, modifying the lilo.conf > > > there to access changes in my setup (adding other distros, etc) > > > then running/sbin/lilo from there, making sure to mount all > > > effected partitions, then rebooting to access other distros. My > > > question is is this necessary? Can I have lilo.conf in some > > > neutral location which I can access and modify from any other > > > running distro, thereby eliminating the need to boot redhat, then > > > reboot? > > > > Sure, see the lilo man page. The -C switch lets you specify an > > alternate lilo.conf ===== ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lonni J. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step help: http://netllama.ipfox.com . __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
