Thanks, I'll have a look. I have a HP deskjet 840c that prints the
apsfilter
test page but won't yet work for general printing. (working on it.) And I
have to boot from boot disk, since bootmagic doesn't see this partition.
I'm about to write lilo to the mbr, as soon as I get more confident.
(Although, keeping the boot disk in this machine keeps the teenagers out
of it. ;-) They are baffled. They like to secretly switch to Windows and
back, thinking I'll not notice.)
I can't seem to figure out why bootmagic doesn't see these linux
partitions.
Disk /dev/hda: 240 heads, 63 sectors, 840 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 1 271 2048728+ b Win95 FAT32
/dev/hda2 272 840 4301640 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 272 289 136048+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda6 290 561 2056288+ 83 Linux native
/dev/hda7 562 840 2109208+ 83 Linux native
On Wed, 22 Aug 2001 09:25:42 -0600
Myles Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 21:55:35 -0700 (PDT)
> Net Llama <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Just to make sure that we're on the same page here. You want to make
> > LILO your primary bootloader (what appears when you power on the PC)?
> > If so then you need to change the boot= line to the following:
> > boot=/dev/hda
> >
> > then run "/sbin/lilo" and reboot, and you should have LILO.
> >
> > As for the location of the kernel, there is no rule that it must be in
> > /boot, but that is traditional. Slackware must do things differently.
>
> Slackware puts the kernel under / and calls it vmlinuz, the (original)
> System.map goes in /boot. When building a kernel with slackware (i use
> slack 8), instead of 'make bzImage' use 'make bzlilo' and everything to
> do with moving and renaming the old version out and the new in is done
> for you. It even runs /sbin/lilo when it's done, all you need to do is
> make an entry in /etc/lilo.conf that points to the old kernel
> (/vmlinuz.old) and it's System.map (now under /System.old)
>
> > My experience with Slack went as far as attempting an install and
> > getting lost in the text maze that they call an installer.
>
> I found it to be a no-frills (for sure) but quick install routine...
> once I'd read... well, you know, TFM and all that ;-)
>
> Now, getting Apsfilter to setup ANY of the printers I have here is a
> whole 'nuther story =(
>
> > I can't explain why bootmagic does what it does, as i've never used
> > it.
> > I don't see the point in paying for a bootloader when there are so
> > many
> > excellent free ones out there.
>
> Yes, like LiLo or GRUB =) I've been bit by bootmagic once before...
> never again!
>
> > --- Ken Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > No errors, Nothing except /dev/hda1 (windows) shows in Bootmagic.
> > > I haven't used lilo before, just grub.
> > > Slack put the kernel in /.
> > > Should I move my kernel to /boot?
> > > (Sorry, Slack has a learning curve.)
> > >
>
> Ken, on the slackware site there is a link
> (http://www.slackware.com/book/) to some essential documentation WRT
> slackware. You might want to check it out as it helps clarify a few
> things...
>
> HTH
>
> --
> Myles Green Calgary AB Canada
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