John Richard Smith wrote: >On Saturday 20 April 2002 22:22, you wrote: > >>I am trying to set up a dual boot system >>(linux only). I added a second hard drive (a >>40G Maxtor) to my system so I could install >>the alternate distro's. >> >>My first drive (/dev/hda) is an 8.4G Western >>digital. It has MD8.1 installed on it. >> >>/dev/hda4 Swap >>/dev/hda5 / >>/dev/hda7 /home >>/dev/hda6 /var >> >>I installed the second drive (/dev/hdd) and >>loaded MD8.2. >> >>/dev/hdd1 /boot >>/dev/hdd5 / >>/dev/hdd6 /home >>/dev/hdd7 Swap >>/dev/hdd8 /var >> >>The boot flag is set on /hdd and I had MD8.2 >>install its LILO on this drive. On the first >>drive, I added the following to LILO: >> >>other=/dev/hdd1 >> label=MD8.2 >> >>When I try to boot MD8.2 to, I get the >>following error: >> >>Loading MD8.2 >>Error 0x01 >>boot: MD8.2 >> >>Can someone tell me what I need to do to make >>this work? >> >>Barry >>
Hi Barry, OK to make this work properly, install 8.2 but CANCEL bootloader installation. On 8.1 after you have booted it, Go to KDE or Gnome or your favorite WM and start the Mandrake Control Center. Choose Hardware=>Mount Points Give the 8.2 partitions on hdd mount point names in 8.1, like /82boot, /82, /82home, and so on. Mount those partitions. Close and exit--reply yes to making the /etc/fstab mods OK open a file manager in superuser mode Open /82boot in one split of the window and /boot in the other drag the kernel and the initrd images from /82boot and copy them to /boot close the file manager Now back to Mandrake Control Center => Boot Configuration Add an entry In the drop-down boxes for the lilo boot, just specify the root as /dev/hdd5, the boot image as the name of the kernel image you dragged over, and the initrd as the name of the initrd you dragged over. (BTW those initrd and kernel images should say 2.4.18-xxmdk, the ones titled vmlinuz and initrd are just links). Save the boot configuration reboot and enjoy. Civileme other= is really for non-linux systems.
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