Partitions: hda1 => Mandrake Linux 7.2 (installed first) hda5 => Debian potato (stable - don't play with it) hda6 => Mandrake 8.0 beta1 hda7 => Debian potato (sandbox - play here and then move to stable)
Problem:
During boot, on any Linux version except ML 7.2, there are dependency errors
listed where the error message contains a reference to the kernel in ML 7.2.
In order to get a clean boot I have to sue a floppy that was created when
the OS in a partition was installed.
I've read three O'Reilly books, the LILO HOW-TOs and a lot of posts and
replies regarding LILO. In fact one of the O'Reilly books, Linux In A
Nutshell, seems flat out wrong in their example. When I try to adapt my
lilo.conf to look like theirs it produces LILO syntax errors.
Does grub get around these problems? Can (and how do) you install it from
binaries?
What am I missing? Can anyone give me some pointers?
My current lilo.conf file follows the signature.
Thanks,
-rick
boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
vga=normal
default=ML7.2_stable
keytable=/boot/us.klt
lba32
prompt
timeout=50
message=/boot/message
menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
# Mandrake stable
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=ML7.2_stable
root=/dev/hda1
read-only
# Debian
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=Debian_stable
root=/dev/hda5
read-only
# Mandrake 8.0 beta
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=ML8.0_test
root=/dev/hda6
read-only
# Debian sandbox
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=Debian_test
root=/dev/hda7
read-only
#
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=failsafe
root=/dev/hda1
append=" failsafe"
read-only
#
other=/dev/fd0
label=floppy
unsafe
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