On Sat, 23 Feb 2002 16:21:42 -0800 (PST)
Net Llama <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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
>
I was learning lilo when I set things up under redhat, and then I
started adding more distros, and they were being mounted in redhat
under /mnt, so I just referenced them that way in lilo.conf. This is
working, but I guess it's an error. I have winme on hda1, libranet on
hda5, redhat on hda6 with /home on hda7, hda8 is swap, hda9 is elx
rc1, hda10 is elx rc 2, and I just installed Caldera 3..1 on hda11. I
booted to caldera using /mnt/hda11 in my lilo.conf, but have changed
it and elx on hda10 to chainloaders, as seem below:
other=/dev/hda10
label=Elx_Linux-hda10
other=/dev/hda11
label=Caldera-hda11
other=/dev/hda1
optional
label=Windows_ME
This works. Does it make more sense? When I boot caldera/elx this way,
lilo calls grub/lilo on hda11/hda10. (respectively).
I would change libranet but I'm not sure what I have for a boot loader
on hda5.
Have I totally confused everyone? ;-)
> --- 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
>
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