Hi kent, Could u pls help me in this I am nt able to get he lilo options of debian and mandrake although i have the entries in lilo.conf. I get no errors when i run lilo Demo:/home/vijaya# cat /etc/lilo.conf lba32 boot=/dev/hda root=/dev/hda3 install=/boot/boot-menu.b map=/boot/map menu-title=" Demo machine" delay=20 vga=normal default=debian
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-bf2.4 label="debian" root=/dev/hda3 read-only image=/mandrake/boot/vmlinuz label="Mandrake" root=/dev/hda1 initrd=/mandrake/boot/initrd.img read-only #image=/vmlinuz.old #label=LinuxOLD #read-only #optional # restricted # alias=2 # If you have another OS on this machine to boot, you can uncomment the # following lines, changing the device name on the `other' line to # where your other OS' partition is. # # other=/dev/hda4 # label=HURD # restricted # alias=3 Kent West wrote: > Vijaya S wrote: > > >It didnt work Kent. > >But it has to be mounted before i see it right > > > > > No; you don't need to mount your Mandrake partitions in order to change > the /etc/lilo.conf file on your Debian side. Since Debian is the last OS > installed, I'm assuming that your current lilo is from Debian, not > Mandrake, so it's the Debian lilo that needs to be modified. > > >So i treid to > >mkdir /mandrake > >mount -t auto /dev/hda1 /mandrake and then edit /etc/lilo.conf > >but i get this error > >demo:/# mount -t auto /dev/hda1 /mandrake > >mount: fs type ext3 not supported by kernel > > > > > This means that the /dev/hda1 has an ext3 journal, but your Debian > kernel doesn't have ext3 support. Try "modprobe ext3" to add that > support to the Debian kernel (for this boot only; to make it permanent, > add "ext3" to /etc/modules, or use modconf instead to add the ext3 module). > > >so i tried using tune2fs to convert to ext3 > > > > > It's already ext3; you just need ext3 support in your kernel; you don't > need to convert an ext3 fs to an ext3 fs. > > >i get this error > >tune2fs -j /dev/hda1 > >tune2fs 1.27 (8-Mar-2002) > >The filesystem already has a journal. > > > >how do i mount and add to lilo > >regards, > >vijaya > >Kent West wrote: > > > > > > > Oh, btw, it's generally considered improper on this list to top-post > (putting your answers above the previous context). Instead, you should > answer directly below the context to which you're responding. > > >>Vijaya S wrote: > >> > >> > >>>I iinstalled Mandrake 10 first on the machine with /dev/hda1 as / > >>>partition and then /dev/hda5 as swap . > >>>It happened successfully. > >>>Then i installed Debian on /dev/hda3 and mounted it as / partition.and > >>>used /dev/hda5 as swap again. > >>>But when i boot i get Debian only > >>>I want to edit lilo to get both Mandrake and Debian in the bootloader > >>>menu. > >>>How can i get my Mandrake back ..I cannot boot Mandrake again. > >>> > >>> > >>Boot into Debian; edit /etc/lilo.conf. > >> > > > -- > Kent > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]