civileme wrote: > > John Richard Smith wrote: > > >On Saturday 20 April 2002 22:22, you wrote: > > > >>I am trying to set up a dual boot system > >>(linux only). I added a second hard drive (a > >>40G Maxtor) to my system so I could install > >>the alternate distro's. > >> > >>My first drive (/dev/hda) is an 8.4G Western > >>digital. It has MD8.1 installed on it. > >> > >>/dev/hda4 Swap > >>/dev/hda5 / > >>/dev/hda7 /home > >>/dev/hda6 /var > >> > >>I installed the second drive (/dev/hdd) and > >>loaded MD8.2. > >> > >>/dev/hdd1 /boot > >>/dev/hdd5 / > >>/dev/hdd6 /home > >>/dev/hdd7 Swap > >>/dev/hdd8 /var > >> > >>The boot flag is set on /hdd and I had MD8.2 > >>install its LILO on this drive. On the first > >>drive, I added the following to LILO: > >> > >>other=/dev/hdd1 > >> label=MD8.2 > >> > >>When I try to boot MD8.2 to, I get the > >>following error: > >> > >>Loading MD8.2 > >>Error 0x01 > >>boot: MD8.2 > >> > >>Can someone tell me what I need to do to make > >>this work? > >> > >>Barry > >> > > Hi Barry, > > OK to make this work properly, install 8.2 but CANCEL bootloader > installation. > > On 8.1 after you have booted it, > > Go to KDE or Gnome or your favorite WM and start the Mandrake Control > Center. > Choose Hardware=>Mount Points > > Give the 8.2 partitions on hdd mount point names in 8.1, like /82boot, > /82, /82home, and so on. > > Mount those partitions. > > Close and exit--reply yes to making the /etc/fstab mods > > OK open a file manager in superuser mode > > Open /82boot in one split of the window and /boot in the other > > drag the kernel and the initrd images from /82boot and copy them to /boot > > close the file manager > > Now back to Mandrake Control Center => Boot Configuration > > Add an entry > > In the drop-down boxes for the lilo boot, just specify the root as > /dev/hdd5, the boot image as the name of the kernel image you dragged > over, and the initrd as the name of the initrd you dragged over. (BTW > those initrd and kernel images should say 2.4.18-xxmdk, the ones titled > vmlinuz and initrd are just links). > > Save the boot configuration > > reboot and enjoy. > > Civileme > > other= is really for non-linux systems. > > > > --------------------------------------------- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Thanks for the help. The other= was from some info I pulled off MUO, but it seems obvious now that it wasn't the right approach for this task. Again, thank you. Barry
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