July 7, 2002 12:43 pm, Damian G wrote:
>Outout of "cat /etc/lilo.conf" (the system boots the 'new' kernel by default)
>boot=/dev/hda
>map=/boot/map
>install=/boot/boot.b
>vga=normal
>default=linux
>keytable=/boot/us.klt
>lba32
>prompt
>nowarn
>timeout=50
>message=/boot/message
>menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
>image=/boot/vmlinuz
> label=old_linux
> root=/dev/hda5
> initrd=/boot/initrd.img
> append="devfs=mount hdd=ide-scsi"
> vga=normal
> read-write
>image=/boot/vmlinuz
> label=linux-nonfb
> root=/dev/hda5
> initrd=/boot/initrd.img
> append="devfs=mount hdd=ide-scsi"
> read-only
>image=/boot/vmlinuz
> label=failsafe
> root=/dev/hda5
> initrd=/boot/initrd.img
> append="failsafe devfs=nomount hdd=ide-scsi"
> read-only
>other=/dev/fd0
> label=floppy
> unsafe
>image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-8.1mdk
> label=linux
> root=/dev/hda5
> initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.18-8.1mdk.img
> append="devfs=mount hdd=ide-scsi"
> vga=normal
> read-write
>
>
This is substantially correct, but it is better for your own use, and
the system reliability, to define the" label=linux" more specifically,
so that if you add the kernel version you make sure you remember which
kernel you are booting , however by the time you add the failsafe and
nonfb it all gets a bit long, so I devised a simple shortening to ,
82-2.4.18-6mdk
82-2.4.18-6mdkfailsafe
82-2.4.18-6mdknonfb
The new kernel 82-2.4.18-1mdk (82=Mandrake8.2)
82-2.4.18-1mdkfailsafe
82-2.4.18-1mdknonfb
This means 3 stanzas for each kernel version, and every time you add an
updated kernel another set of stanzas go in .
Likewise each of your image=/boot/vmlinuz, ought to include each
kernel version it is to use,so image=vmlinuz-2.4.18-6mdk , just to be
certain.
At one time I had 4 kernel versions because I was looking for a driver
that I had been told had been added to one of them.
You might also consider adding rom drive scusi emulation support to your
append= line , so that the writer programmes can recognise it.
John
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