On Wednesday 30 July 2003 03:39 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Wednesday 30 Jul 2003 5:35 am, Dennis Myers wrote: > > On Monday 28 July 2003 10:46 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > > > On Tue, 2003-07-29 at 13:24, Dennis Myers wrote: > > > > Has anyone installed two MLinux on two seperate HDs on the same > > > > comp and figured out how to get lilo to read them both at boot? > > > > I am trying to do it so that I can beta test and yet run the > > > > regular system when I am not running tests. Any hints or manual > > > > suggestions are appreciated, I have not found anything to help. > > > > > > It would truly be a matter of properly writting out the > > > /etc/lilo.conf of the first installation; the first installation > > > would write the lilo to the MBR of the first HD; then after > > > you've done all that wonderful jazz and gotten your primary > > > installation up and running, do a second installation on the > > > "second" drive, but choose to NOT write lilo; then make note of > > > the boot partition for the second installation and whatnot, and > > > then write that into the /etc/lilo.conf on the first drive. > > > > OK, I don't know for sure what I did differently this time but > > after two reinstalls of both 9.1 and 9.2beta1 and three rewrites of > > lilo.conf I have a viable lilo boot screen. The last time I rewrote > > lilo and then mounted the /dev/hdc1 to /mnt/linux-0 and then did > > /sbin/lilo. I have no idea if there is a need for this sequence or > > not. I also installed 9.1 on hda and in diskdrake left hdc blank. > > Then when I went to install 9.2 on hdc I had a blank partition > > table to write to. Also unknown if this was necessary. But it works > > now. > > Stubborn to a fault or just persistent, I prefer the latter when > > describing my temperament. But it works! > > Congratulations! Feels good whenyou've wrestled and won, doesn't it? > Just one thing - if you've got a working lilo.conf I would copy it to > lilo.conf.sav now, just in case you need to try anything else. > > Anne Good idea, I think I will print it out also, and put it in a safe deposit box. : 0 Thanks for all the help everyone, sometimes it is easier to struggle if you know you are not on your own. -- Dennis M. linux user #180842
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