ai4a wrote: > > Barry Premeaux 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 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > Hi Barry, > I do almost the same thing except my second linux is on hda8 (the / > partition which also has all other partitions except /var & /home). My > lilo entry for my second linux looks like this: > > other=/dev/hda8 > label=Debian > > Both linuxs boot fine. > HTH > Charles > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com PS: I should have added that my first linux lilo.conf is installed in mbr (/dev/hda) and the second linux lilo.conf is installed in /dev/hda8 Charles
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