Russell Butler wrote: > Dear all > > I am trying (again) to set up win4lin on a 2006 box. > > Lilo.conf is as follows: > > $ cat /etc/lilo.conf > # File generated by DrakX/drakboot > # WARNING: do not forget to run lilo after modifying this file > > default="win4lin-2612-12" > boot=/dev/hdd1 > map=/boot/map > install=menu > keytable=/boot/us.klt > menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw > prompt > nowarn > timeout=100 > message=/boot/message > image=/boot/vmlinuz > label="linux" > root=/dev/hdc5 > initrd=/boot/initrd.img > append="noapic nolapic resume=/dev/hdc3 splash=silent" > vga=788 > image=/boot/vmlinuz > label="linux-nonfb" > root=/dev/hdc5 > initrd=/boot/initrd.img > append="noapic nolapic resume=/dev/hdc3" > other=/dev/hdc1 > label="windows" > table=/dev/hdc > image=/boot/win4lin-2.6.12-12mdk > label="win4lin-2612-12" > root=/dev/hdc5 > initrd=/boot/initrd-win4lin-2.6.12-12mdk.img > append="noapic nolapic resume=/dev/hdc3 splash=silent" > vga=788 > image=/boot/vmlinuz > label="failsafe" > root=/dev/hdc5 > initrd=/boot/initrd.img > append="noapic nolapic failsafe resume=/dev/hdc3" > > In my /boot/ partition - on *hdd1* I have: > System.map.win4lin-2.6.12-12mdk > initrd-win4lin-2.6.12-12mdk.img > win4lin-2.6.12-12mdk (kernel) > > > > Now the odd part, when I reboot the lilo menu presented has a lot of > entries which are no longer in the "standard" lilo.conf shown above. (I > have duly run "lilo" and the entries are added as shown above). On > booting the system waits for a long time (probably waiting for the > default timeout) then boots the *non-win4lin* 2.6.12 kernel: > > uname -r > 2.6.12-12mdk > > Syslog shows: > Inspecting /boot/System.map-2.6.12-12mdk > Jan 30 16:11:30 horace kernel: Loaded 20751 symbols from > /boot/System.map-2.6.12-12mdk. > Jan 30 16:11:30 horace kernel: Symbols match kernel version 2.6.12. > > I did play around with grub for a bit, but the console message loading > is _definitely_ LILO 22.6.1 > > Whether there is some problem with the /boot/ being on hdd1, and / on > hdc5, I don't know, but I did have it all working happily under 10.0, > with different kernel versions of course. > > I tried hitting /esc/ as lilo loads and choosing the win4lin-2612-12 > version, but still the same result. > > Running lilo -q shows the list I would expect, not the one I actually get. > > Sorry for being long winded. > > Any help gratefully accepted. > One thing I see that is strange is the line: boot=/dev/hdd1
What drive does your system boot from? On most systems you will have "boot=/dev/hda". The "boot=" line tells LILO where to install itself. In your case, it is being installed on partition 1 of the slave drive on IDE1. If this is not where the version of LILO you are booting from is, then expect some strange things, because you are not updating the proper boot loader. It is still using the old configuration. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! ____________________________________________________ Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandriva? Go to http://store.mandriva.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrivaclub.com ____________________________________________________
