On Wednesday 30 July 2003 08:55 am, John Richard Smith wrote: > Dennis Myers wrote: > >On Tuesday 29 July 2003 07:32 pm, John Richard Smith wrote: > >>Dennis Myers wrote: > >>>On Tuesday 29 July 2003 02:57 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > >>>>On Tuesday 29 Jul 2003 5:29 am, Dennis Myers wrote: > >>>>>On Monday 28 July 2003 10:46 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: > >>>>>>On Tue, 2003-07-29 at 13:24, Dennis Myers wrote: > >>>>>>>Has anyone installed two MLinux on two seperate HDs on the same > >>>>>>>comp and figured out how to get lilo to read them both at boot? > >>>>>>>I am trying to do it so that I can beta test and yet run the > >>>>>>>regular system when I am not running tests. Any hints or manual > >>>>>>>suggestions are appreciated, I have not found anything to help. <snip> > >>have to install a new lilo which will boot up initially from the last , > >>that is second OS, install's /etc/lilo.conf, when on sesktop make a > >>fresh stanza to boot the first OS and reboot to that OS,where if you > >>prefer to have the bootup done from the first OS /etc/lilo.conf, merely > >>add a new stanza to boot the second OS and run /sbin/lilo to rewrite mbr > >>lilo again. If you don't mind booting from the second OS /etc/lilo.conf > >>then your merely have to add that stanza to boot the first OS. Sounds > >>complicated but isn't. > >> > >>You must, I think, have the /boot partition on the first hda, I don't > >>think it works putting it on the second hdb . I always put mine in as > >>the frist partition on hda, but I don't think it's imperative anymore. > >> > >>John > > > >I don't have a problem understanding the above but whenever I try to add > > the second to the first or vice versa I get "/sbin/lilo > >Fatal: Open /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-xxxmdk; no such file or directory. > >either way I go it is the same. I remember this problem in the past, it > > seems unable to see the correct image. ???? Any help? > > It cannot find the kernel, I'm guessing here, but seems to me that you > elected to have /boot as part of your /base in each OS , Yes ? If > so, then you need to copy the kernel over to be with the /boot > directory in the same OS where the /etc/lilo.conf is being read. > > You see I ellect to have a /bootpartition , so the installers in each OS > automatically install the kernel and everything else in the same place > and all is found correctly.Incidentally, you may have to copy more than > the kernel, there is also the initrd files as well. > > Also don't forget to explicity define the kernel and initrd files with > each stanza > in /etc/lilo.conf > > here is my current /etc/lilo.conf > boot=/dev/hda > map=/boot/map > install=/boot/boot.b > vga=791 > default=91-2.4.21.0 > keytable=/boot/uk.klt > lba32 > prompt > nowarn > timeout=200 > message=/boot/message > menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw > ignore-table > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-0.13mdk > label=91-2.4.21.0 > root=/dev/hda7 > initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.21-0.13mdk.img > append=" quiet devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi acpi=on" > #append=" quiet devfs=mount hdd=ide-scsi acpi=off" > vga=791 > read-only > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-0.13mdk > label=91-failsafe > root=/dev/hda7 > initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.21-0.13mdk.img > append=" quiet devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi acpi=off" > vga=ask > read-only > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-0.13mdk > label=91-nonfb > root=/dev/hda7 > initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.21-0.13mdk.img > append=" quiet devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi acpi=off" > vga=ask > read-only > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.19-16mdk > label=90-2.4,19-16 > root=/dev/hda6 > initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.19-16mdk.img > append="quiet devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi nobiospnp" > vga=791 > read-only > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.19-16mdk > label=90-nonfb > root=/dev/hda6 > initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.19-16mdk.img > append="quiet devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi nobiospnp" > vga=ask > read-only > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.19-16mdk > label=90-failsafe > root=/dev/hda6 > initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.19-16mdk.img > append="quiet devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi nobiospnp" > vga=ask > read-only > other=/dev/hda1 > label=W2000 > table=/dev/hda > other=/dev/fd0 > label=floppy > unsafe > > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-0.22mdk > label=M91-2.4.21.0.22 > root=/dev/hda7 > read-only > optional > vga=791 > append=" quiet devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi acpi=off" > initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.21-0.22mdk.img > > > You will notice the last stanza is an experimental kernel. > I find it is easiest to have a /boot partition. > > > Hope I'm not telling you the obvious. > > > John Thanks John, I appreciate the input and think that from now on I will have /boot partitions on all installs. Does it matter where you put it, as in the first or second partition? -- Dennis M. linux user #180842
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