On Mon, May 21, 2001 at 06:34:56PM -0400, Jens Gecius wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > 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 > > One thing is missing: > disk=/dev/hdb bios=0x80 # Tell LILO to treat the second > # disk as if it were the first > # disk (BIOS ID 0x80). > and one other should be different: > > root=/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part5 > > (note the bus0 - because that's where your system wants to get / from > when booted from that (now bus1) drive!
Yes, but I want to leave my hard disk in the bus1 location and still boot from it. My bios can do this. You were correct above with disk=/dev/hdb bios=0x80. There was one additional thing which I couldn't figure out for ages. I also needed this linear (I did have lba32 instead). When I put lba32 it doesn't work. When I put linear it does work. Strange, because on the first HD /etc/lilo.conf I have it the other way around. Very Confusing! So here is what I have in /etc/lilo.conf for the second HD - which works! ------------------------------------------------- linear disk=/dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/disc bios=0x80 boot=/dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/disc root=/dev/ide/host0/bus1/target0/lun0/part5 install=/boot/boot.b map=/boot/map delay=20 vga=normal default=Linux image=/vmlinuz label=Linux read-only image=/vmlinuz.old label=LinuxOLD read-only optional ------------------------------------------------- I still don't understand a few things though. Why do I need linear? Why do I need bios=0x80 when it is really 0x82 (I think)? Thanks again for helping me out. It finally works :-) Mark.