At 08:45 PM 9/26/2002 +1200, you wrote: ><large surgical incision>
> > Point me or kick me in teh right direction pls!? > > --- > > Femme > >You should be only allowed to have one /boot. I am fairly certain LILO >insists on it. Copy these files to a floppy: > >/boot/vmlinuzXXXXXXXXXXX >/boot/initrdXXXXXXXXXXX >/etc/lilo.conf > >Make sure the /boot/ files are the real thing and not pointers to the real >thing. Then wait one day to make sure i gave these instructions correctly ;-0 > >RESCUE your old system LILO setup (details given heaps of time on here). > >Boot to the old (good) install. > >Copy the vmlinuz and initrd into /boot. > >Back up lilo.conf. Copy the relevant stanza from the floppy lilo.conf into >the active one. > >Reboot and Bobs your uncle, (Bobs my brother, are you my niece or daughter?) >-- >Michael From what i've read here on the list and in books, you should have 2 boot partitions ... each one for a different installation. I did ask once about a single /boot partition for all my linux installs but I was told that can be quite tricky. I Know i tried it once, and i ended up fuxoring my whole set of 2 installs in one day :P Not that I mind... It just means I have more to learn & More to do. :) Ty for your input Michael. Should call ya Saint Michael just b/c you're so sweet in taking time to answer ppls questions :) Sir Robin certainly believed me... hehe I knighted him a while ago ;p --- Femme
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