On Saturday 11 May 2002 18:04, you wrote:> <snip> > > I had created other issues while doing package updates. So i > decided to reload 8.2. As i had tarballs of both /home and /root of > 7.1, i also decided to repartition and reload it back on to the old > 4Gig drive. Loaded it with all docs this time and LILO instead of > grub. I had a working stanza for lilo.conf then to import into 8.2. > The "vga=788" line was causing more greif, it turned out to be > unsupported under 7.1. > > Reinstalled 8.2 (treating package updates gingerly this time, one > at a time and not trying to update ghostscript as it locked up X). > With all the docs loaded on 7.1 i got konq to do another search for > "initrd*". Found a kernal doc that was very informative. As Bascule > said in the first place initrd is/was entirely optional and it > seems under 7.1 it was left to the user to implement if they chose. > It is a ram disk image that has various commands preloaded into it > that are used during the boot cycle, then dumped - that is if i > read it correctly. > > Anyway copied my vmlinuz-blah-blah across. Installed 7.1' lilo > stanza in 8.2 lilo.conf. Typed "lilo" as su and it is away. Still > could not completely recover netscape mail even after installing > the /home tarball, but that is another issue... i know what to do > next with that. > > I am a happy chappy and i can go back to my security updates et al > now knowing that i have learned something. > > Thanks Bascule, and thanks for trying John. > > Michael Thanks Michael, I'm glad you succeded. As I am sure you realised , my actual experience of Silveleme's dual linux boot method , is Zero. I understand the principles, well enough, but there is a mile of difference between understanding principles and practicle reallity. So I for one would like you, since you have achieved it, to write down a step by step method and proceedure script , one we can all follow.
I only went with the DrakeX , /boot /root /swap Partition route because that was the way that worked for me and was based upon the small amount of info I could find on the web. It's not a bad method. I don't dislike it , but I am always wanting to learn new tricks. The one great advantage of the DrakX method is that it affords an automated install route that DrakX knows all about and the only thing you need to do is take time and care creating your lilo stanzas before installing lilo with DrakX. Everything else is automatic and you just boot to desktop straight away, in both OS's. Also when you come to replace an older version of LM with a newer one you just go via any OS's /boot directory and delete the kernel and initrd.image file applicable to the OS you want to replace .Then install the newer OS via it's DrakX programme and again create new Lilo stanzas to boot both Linux OS's. Simple. Having other ways of doing things may become helpful. I might get stuck for some reason, and perhaps I only have the one OS to boot, or maybe the other Linux OS's like Debian and Redhat don't have installers that know all about seperate /boot partition and stuffs the kernel and initrd files with the /root partition regardless I do not know. I must get around to experimenting with it. It's on my future list of jobs to be done. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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