I wnat to run a side by side comparison of two linux distributions--Debian and one other. I plan to install them on the same IDE drive under separate (monolithic) partitions. What does LILO need to recognize this set up?
mbr on hda dos on hda1 swap on hda2 linux1 (/root) on hda3 linux2 (/root) on hda4 So far I can get linux to boot any number of kernels as long as they are on the same partition--the linux distro that I installed last. LILO works fine booting dos and linux, but not linux and linux. LILO doesn't recognize the hda4 partition as a place to find a valid /root. (the linux on hda3 was installed last). Pressing tab during bootup only gives me the choice of DOS and a couple of kernels on hda3 As an aside, the debian machine I'm at now has both DOS and linux partitions marked bootable. The Caldera machine (the target machine for this experiment) has only the DOS partition marked active, yet the linux installed on it boots just fine. Does it really matter? (No, I haven't tried it yet) I asked this question on the caldera list and searched using dejanews, but no luck--only some other poor schmuck like me trying to use LILO to boot two different distributions off two different SCSI drives. Is this question harder than it first appears? thanks .kfh -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .