Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
>
> Tom Berger wrote:
> >
> > Hm, maybe I missed something but why don't you configure the master LiLo
> > using M5.3? Another possibility would be using loadlin from your
> > win-partition. As for the error messages: you commented the hdparm
> > optimizations, did you? If they are still there LiLo will be confused by
> > the 'wrong' parameters of your hd.
> >
>
> OK, a little bit more info:
>
> Win is on hda1, M5.3 on hda2 and M6 on hda3. (Master)LILO is in
> MBR of hda.
>
> In my lilo.conf in M5.3 I have:
>
> boot = /dev/hda
> timeout = 50
> prompt
> vga = normal
> read-only
> map=/boot/map
> install=/boot/boot.b
>
> image = /boot/bzImage
> label = m # for M5.3
> root = /dev/hda2
>
> other = /dev/hda1
> label = w # for Win
> table=/dev/hda
>
> other = /dev/hda3
> label = m6 # this would be the entry for M6
> table=/dev/hda
Guess you left the 'image' and 'root' entry in the third section out by
accident? 'other' is a keyword suggesting a non-Linux OS.
> So during installation of M6 I tried to install lilo (of M6) in
> bootrecord of hda3.
> That failed.
Dumb guess: you are below the 1024 cylinders area, aren't you?
> If in M5.3 I try to put a line like
>
> image = /boot/vmlinuz
> label = m6
> root = /dev/hda3
>
> and start /sbin/lilo I get an error message because it can't find
> /boot/vmlinuz. Sure, because hda3 is not mounted. If I mount it
> on /mnt then lilo can't find it either because it is on /mnt/boot
> not in /boot.
Hm, another dumb guess: put vmlinuz in a newly created directory
/mnt/boot. Or try the 'optional' switch. Maybe that'll help.
> As for the hdparm entry: During installation the optimization is
> not active because I boot with the RH boot.img. I even switched
> to tty2 and deleted the entry in /mnt/etc/rc.sysinit.
>
> I did the whole thing again today. Called fdisk in M5.3 and
> deleted the hda3 partition. Disks were synced. Then the complete
> installation procedure again with the same result. I even tried
> several *empty* floppies. No chance. Problem is that the system
> doesn't tell why there is an error in creating a bootdisk and why
> there is an error in implementing LILO.
Duh, and I thought I had problems... :-(
> Wolfgang
tom
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