Just to make sure that we're on the same page here. You want to make
LILO your primary bootloader (what appears when you power on the PC)?
If so then you need to change the boot= line to the following:
boot=/dev/hda
then run "/sbin/lilo" and reboot, and you should have LILO.
As for the location of the kernel, there is no rule that it must be in
/boot, but that is traditional. Slackware must do things differently.
My experience with Slack went as far as attempting an install and
getting lost in the text maze that they call an installer.
I can't explain why bootmagic does what it does, as i've never used it.
I don't see the point in paying for a bootloader when there are so many
excellent free ones out there.
--- Ken Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> No errors, Nothing except /dev/hda1 (windows) shows in Bootmagic.
> I haven't used lilo before, just grub.
> Slack put the kernel in /.
> Should I move my kernel to /boot?
> (Sorry, Slack has a learning curve.)
>
> On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 16:44:40 -0700 (PDT)
> Net Llama <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > You still didn't say what the problem was. Are you getting errors?
> >
> > The lilo.conf that you quoted below writes LILO to /dev/hda6, and
> *NOT*
> > the MBR of hda. Also, it indicates that you keep your kernel(s) in
> /
> > instead of /boot.
> >
> > --- Ken Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > OK, here's some info....
> > >
> > > Disk /dev/hda: 240 heads, 63 sectors, 840 cylinders
> > > Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 bytes
> > >
> > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> > > /dev/hda1 * 1 271 2048728+ b Win95 FAT32
> > > /dev/hda2 272 840 4301640 5 Extended
> > > /dev/hda5 272 289 136048+ 82 Linux swap
> > > /dev/hda6 290 561 2056288+ 83 Linux native
> > > /dev/hda7 562 840 2109208+ 83 Linux native
> > >
> > > hda6 is Slackware 8
> > > hda7 is unused, formated ext2
> > >
> > > I used Parrtition magic to repartition, and only hda1 shows in
> > > Bootmagic
> > > boot menu. PM has a convert menu that allows conversion to
> primary,
> > > but
> > > hda6 doesn't have that option. Hda7 does, for some reason. I
> didn't
> > > install lilo during setup of slack, using a boot disk (works fine
> > > using
> > > "mount root=/dev/hda6 vga=791"), but wanted to add lilo and have
> these
> > > partitions show up in Bootmagic, or just install lilo to mbr and
> use
> > > that
> > > for everything.
> > > I did install lilo to hda6, here's lilo.conf
> > >
> > > # LILO configuration file
> > > # generated by 'liloconfig'
> > > #
> > > # Start LILO global section
> > > lba32 # Allow booting past 1024th cylinder with a recent BIOS
> > > boot = /dev/hda6
> > > #compact # faster, but won't work on all systems.
> > > delay = 50
> > > # VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x64k
> > > vga = 791
> > >
> > > [ SNIP ]
> > >
> > > # ramdisk = 0 # paranoia setting
> > > # End LILO global section
> > > # Linux bootable partition config begins
> > > image = /vmlinuz
> > > root = /dev/hda6
> > > label = Linux1
> > > read-only # Non-UMSDOS filesystems should be mounted read-only for
> > > checking
> > > # Linux bootable partition config ends
> > > # DOS bootable partition config begins
> > > other = /dev/hda1
> > > label = Win95
> > > table = /dev/hda
> > > # DOS bootable partition config ends
> > >
> > >
> > > On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 09:06:02 -0700 (PDT)
> > > Net Llama <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > > > --- Ken Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > > I have a ext2 partition, hda6, that doesn't show up in
> Bootmagic.
> > > It
> > > > > has
> > > > > Slack8 on it, and I can boot it using a boot disk. It's the
> second
> > > > > logical
> > > > > partition on the second primary partition, dual boot system
> with
> > > >
> > > > hda6 ?
> > > >
> > > > > win95.
> > > > > Can I make this bootable somehow? I have tried installing lilo
> on
> > > it,
> > > > > to
> > > > > no avail.
> > > > > Thanks .... again ....... errors?
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