At 08:27 PM 6/26/2003 +0100, you wrote: <bull (insert visual here) size snip>
Yes, well, there ought to be an easy way really. Something quick and simple.
I would like to do the second M9.1 install and be sure NOT to install a lilo anywhere, but so far I haven't seen any means by which you can skip the lilo install on current M9.1 install discs.
Then use the lilo of the first M9.1 install, and it's link with /etc/lilo.conf in the first M9.1 OS, to enter a stanza to boot the second M9.1 OS, but I'm not at all confident that ,
a) I can skip the second lilo install,
b) That the lilo of the first install will not get confused which of the two /etc/lilo.conf scripts now available to it, and end up reading the wrong lilo.conf script, the one from the second M9.1 install.
Am I assured this will not happen ? How does Lilo map itself to /etc/lilo.conf, will it find the correct partition to read lilo.conf ? when you have two identicle M9.1 on the same drive ?
I just wonder how lilo maps lilo.conf ?
I am guessing that it is merely set up to look for an /etc/lilo.conf in / partition, but that would be risky, it might find the /etc/lilo.conf of any old linux OS, so there must be something more to make certain of it. I suppose, when lilo is installed, it maps the partition table and is told to look for a /etc/lilo.conf on /dev/hd(x) where x is the partition in question. So that would be all right then. That makes sure it doesn't pick the wrong one.
In which case it's just a question of making sure lilo does not get installed on the second M9.1 install, anyone know for sure how to do that, because so far I haven't noticed how to do it on the current version of drakeX.
John
Correct me if i'm wrong but LILO will overwrite itself if stuck to the MBR. If i'm not right I'd just write LILO to a floppy for hte one you want it to skip. That way no harm done, Lilo writes to something & you can still write the OTHER lilo to your MBR after all.
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