Basically I am trying to copy everything over to my second hard disk and then set up to make this the boot device. I know how to change the boot device in my bios.
The problem seems to be getting lilo on the second hardisk. What I tried was this: Edited the /hd2/etc/lilo.conf and changed the following: boot=/dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/part1 root=/dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/part5 install=/hd2/boot/boot.b map=/hd2/boot/map Nb. bus1 is the second harddisk Then I tried running /sbin/lilo -C /hd2/etc/lilo.conf but it gives the following errors: Warning: /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/part1 is not on the first disk Added Linux * Skipping /vmlinuz.old Fatal: creat /boot/boot.1601: Read-only file system Note that I have my current /boot (first HD) mounted ro in case I stuff something. If I try booting from the second hard disk, it does nothing. It doesn't even come up with the mbr or lilo on the screen. So then I tried this: /sbin/lilo -C /hd2/etc/lilo.conf -i /hd2/boot/boot.b -s /hd2/boot/boot.1601 it gives the following output: Ignoring entry 'install' Warning: /dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/part1 is not on the first disk Added Linux * Skipping /vmlinuz.old But still it won't boot from the second HD - no mbr or lilo messages when trying to boot. How do you install lilo on the second hard disk? Thanks for any suggestions Mark.