Re: [expert] Lilo with multiple hard drives...
Is lilo installed on hdb? Boot from floppy with hdb removed. linux root=/dev/hdc? ? being partition number. run lilo and reboot to see if it boots from hard drive. Gary. On Monday 10 March 2003 09:34 pm, Mark Watts wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > > Ok, answers to questions: > > No, I wasnt using cable select. > > No, I wasnt changing any jumpers. > > This has nothing to do with fstab - that doesnt get processed at the lilo > point. > > > With all 3 drives in, I get a lilo prompt. > > With hdb removed I get LI LI LI LI... > > hdb is NOT mentioned in lilo.conf, so why does removing that drive affect > lilo? > > Cheers. > > Mark. > > > On Friday 07 March 2003 09:33 pm, Gary Hodder wrote: > > > Hi Mark, > > > > > > with the 3 drives in and it boots normally, edit the fstab file and > > > change the hdc? to hdb? > > > ? being the partition number. > > > Change lilo to be hdb instead of hdc. > > > Reboot with a floppy, at lilo promp: linux root=/dev/hdb? > > > ? being the partition number the os is on. > > > Run lilo. > > > Reboot to boot from kernel on harddrive. > > > > > > Gary. > > > > and next time, don't use "cable select" as the way to choice master and > > slave HDs, use the jumpers on the drive itself. > > > > > On Fri, 2003-03-07 at 22:19, Mark Watts wrote: > > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I have a system with 3 harddrives in it (hda = Windows, hdb = spare > > > > (part XFS, part FAT32) and hdc = Linux (resierfs). > > > > I installed Windows first, followed by 9.0 on hdc, and chose to > > > > install lilo to hda's boot sector. > > > > This has been working just fine since I installed. > > > > I've come to a point where I'm moving hdb out of the system... > > > > Whenever I remove it, I get the ubiquitos LI LI LI LI LI across the > > > > screen, indicating that lilo is toast. Putting the drive back makes > > > > everything work as before. > > > > > > > > 2 questions: > > > > > > > > 1) Should lilo really be doing this, bearing in mind that hdb isnt > > > > mentioned in lilo.conf (It has an old 8.2 install I havent removed > > > > yet on it, but I'd have to make a boot disk to boot from it). > > > > > > > > 2) If I re-reun lilo (from a rescue cd and chrooting stuff) without > > > > changing lilo.conf, will that fix the LI LI LI issue? > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > > > Mark. > > > > > > > > - -- > > > > Mark Watts > > > > Systems Engineer > > > > QinetiQ TIM > > > > St Andrews Road, Malvern > > > > GPG Public Key available on request. > > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > > > > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > > > > > > > > iD8DBQE+aIA5Bn4EFUVUIO0RAhuvAKCzIzCZDqFlr6+RWzdSEmrpglnB8QCgxetA > > > > gfpHOl0qRleNXs2VLEiSQcY= > > > > =wfFV > > > > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > - -- > Mark Watts > Systems Engineer > QinetiQ TIM > St Andrews Road, Malvern > GPG Public Key available on request. > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE+bGpLBn4EFUVUIO0RAkDeAJ0WLGqDCacQRyYIE0O2qNY5kCZ6BgCeNPsc > S+knuDCAmZocwoLKJ8l15tU= > =11Y0 > -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Lilo with multiple hard drives...
On Monday 10 March 2003 05:34 am, Mark Watts wrote: > Ok, answers to questions: > > No, I wasnt using cable select. > > No, I wasnt changing any jumpers. > > This has nothing to do with fstab - that doesnt get processed at the lilo > point. > > > With all 3 drives in, I get a lilo prompt. > > With hdb removed I get LI LI LI LI... > > hdb is NOT mentioned in lilo.conf, so why does removing that drive affect > lilo? > > Cheers. > This discussion is a perfect example of why I use GrUB. -- Greg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Lilo with multiple hard drives...
On Mon, 10 Mar 2003 10:34:50 + Mark Watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > > Ok, answers to questions: > > No, I wasnt using cable select. > > No, I wasnt changing any jumpers. > > This has nothing to do with fstab - that doesnt get processed at the > lilo point. > > > With all 3 drives in, I get a lilo prompt. > > With hdb removed I get LI LI LI LI... > > hdb is NOT mentioned in lilo.conf, so why does removing that drive > affect lilo? If you have more than one bootable system, depending on the mount points, location of bootable images, etc, lilo may be correctly configured for one OS; but wrong for another... before removing the drive, boot up every system, and check their lilo configs based on how the system is configured for EACH... it can really test your sanity in some setups... it'll help to draw a map showing how everything points to what... while drawing the map, remember: it's a sanity test you may be quite surprised to find where the entries point to... Good luck! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Lilo with multiple hard drives...
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ok, answers to questions: No, I wasnt using cable select. No, I wasnt changing any jumpers. This has nothing to do with fstab - that doesnt get processed at the lilo point. With all 3 drives in, I get a lilo prompt. With hdb removed I get LI LI LI LI... hdb is NOT mentioned in lilo.conf, so why does removing that drive affect lilo? Cheers. Mark. > On Friday 07 March 2003 09:33 pm, Gary Hodder wrote: > > Hi Mark, > > > > with the 3 drives in and it boots normally, edit the fstab file and > > change the hdc? to hdb? > > ? being the partition number. > > Change lilo to be hdb instead of hdc. > > Reboot with a floppy, at lilo promp: linux root=/dev/hdb? > > ? being the partition number the os is on. > > Run lilo. > > Reboot to boot from kernel on harddrive. > > > > Gary. > > and next time, don't use "cable select" as the way to choice master and > slave HDs, use the jumpers on the drive itself. > > > On Fri, 2003-03-07 at 22:19, Mark Watts wrote: > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I have a system with 3 harddrives in it (hda = Windows, hdb = spare > > > (part XFS, part FAT32) and hdc = Linux (resierfs). > > > I installed Windows first, followed by 9.0 on hdc, and chose to install > > > lilo to hda's boot sector. > > > This has been working just fine since I installed. > > > I've come to a point where I'm moving hdb out of the system... > > > Whenever I remove it, I get the ubiquitos LI LI LI LI LI across the > > > screen, indicating that lilo is toast. Putting the drive back makes > > > everything work as before. > > > > > > 2 questions: > > > > > > 1) Should lilo really be doing this, bearing in mind that hdb isnt > > > mentioned in lilo.conf (It has an old 8.2 install I havent removed yet > > > on it, but I'd have to make a boot disk to boot from it). > > > > > > 2) If I re-reun lilo (from a rescue cd and chrooting stuff) without > > > changing lilo.conf, will that fix the LI LI LI issue? > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > Mark. > > > > > > - -- > > > Mark Watts > > > Systems Engineer > > > QinetiQ TIM > > > St Andrews Road, Malvern > > > GPG Public Key available on request. > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > > > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > > > > > > iD8DBQE+aIA5Bn4EFUVUIO0RAhuvAKCzIzCZDqFlr6+RWzdSEmrpglnB8QCgxetA > > > gfpHOl0qRleNXs2VLEiSQcY= > > > =wfFV > > > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com - -- Mark Watts Systems Engineer QinetiQ TIM St Andrews Road, Malvern GPG Public Key available on request. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+bGpLBn4EFUVUIO0RAkDeAJ0WLGqDCacQRyYIE0O2qNY5kCZ6BgCeNPsc S+knuDCAmZocwoLKJ8l15tU= =11Y0 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Lilo with multiple hard drives...
On Friday 07 March 2003 09:33 pm, Gary Hodder wrote: > Hi Mark, > > with the 3 drives in and it boots normally, edit the fstab file and > change the hdc? to hdb? > ? being the partition number. > Change lilo to be hdb instead of hdc. > Reboot with a floppy, at lilo promp: linux root=/dev/hdb? > ? being the partition number the os is on. > Run lilo. > Reboot to boot from kernel on harddrive. > > Gary. and next time, don't use "cable select" as the way to choice master and slave HDs, use the jumpers on the drive itself. > > On Fri, 2003-03-07 at 22:19, Mark Watts wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Hi, > > > > I have a system with 3 harddrives in it (hda = Windows, hdb = spare (part > > XFS, part FAT32) and hdc = Linux (resierfs). > > I installed Windows first, followed by 9.0 on hdc, and chose to install > > lilo to hda's boot sector. > > This has been working just fine since I installed. > > I've come to a point where I'm moving hdb out of the system... > > Whenever I remove it, I get the ubiquitos LI LI LI LI LI across the > > screen, indicating that lilo is toast. Putting the drive back makes > > everything work as before. > > > > 2 questions: > > > > 1) Should lilo really be doing this, bearing in mind that hdb isnt > > mentioned in lilo.conf (It has an old 8.2 install I havent removed yet on > > it, but I'd have to make a boot disk to boot from it). > > > > 2) If I re-reun lilo (from a rescue cd and chrooting stuff) without > > changing lilo.conf, will that fix the LI LI LI issue? > > > > Cheers, > > > > Mark. > > > > - -- > > Mark Watts > > Systems Engineer > > QinetiQ TIM > > St Andrews Road, Malvern > > GPG Public Key available on request. > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > > > > iD8DBQE+aIA5Bn4EFUVUIO0RAhuvAKCzIzCZDqFlr6+RWzdSEmrpglnB8QCgxetA > > gfpHOl0qRleNXs2VLEiSQcY= > > =wfFV > > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > > > > > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Lilo with multiple hard drives...
Stupid question: when removing hdb, you aren't changing hdc jumpers, are you?? El vie, 07-03-2003 a las 12:19, Mark Watts escribió: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi, > > I have a system with 3 harddrives in it (hda = Windows, hdb = spare (part XFS, > part FAT32) and hdc = Linux (resierfs). > I installed Windows first, followed by 9.0 on hdc, and chose to install lilo > to hda's boot sector. > This has been working just fine since I installed. > I've come to a point where I'm moving hdb out of the system... > Whenever I remove it, I get the ubiquitos LI LI LI LI LI across the screen, > indicating that lilo is toast. Putting the drive back makes everything work > as before. > > 2 questions: > > 1) Should lilo really be doing this, bearing in mind that hdb isnt mentioned > in lilo.conf (It has an old 8.2 install I havent removed yet on it, but I'd > have to make a boot disk to boot from it). > > 2) If I re-reun lilo (from a rescue cd and chrooting stuff) without changing > lilo.conf, will that fix the LI LI LI issue? > > Cheers, > > Mark. > > - -- > Mark Watts > Systems Engineer > QinetiQ TIM > St Andrews Road, Malvern > GPG Public Key available on request. > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE+aIA5Bn4EFUVUIO0RAhuvAKCzIzCZDqFlr6+RWzdSEmrpglnB8QCgxetA > gfpHOl0qRleNXs2VLEiSQcY= > =wfFV > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Diego Dominguez __/\__ | | Andalucia /\ Spain \/ |__ __| \/ ___ Yahoo! Messenger - Nueva versión GRATIS Super Webcam, voz, caritas animadas, y más... http://messenger.yahoo.es Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Lilo with multiple hard drives...
Hi Mark, with the 3 drives in and it boots normally, edit the fstab file and change the hdc? to hdb? ? being the partition number. Change lilo to be hdb instead of hdc. Reboot with a floppy, at lilo promp: linux root=/dev/hdb? ? being the partition number the os is on. Run lilo. Reboot to boot from kernel on harddrive. Gary. On Fri, 2003-03-07 at 22:19, Mark Watts wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi, > > I have a system with 3 harddrives in it (hda = Windows, hdb = spare (part XFS, > part FAT32) and hdc = Linux (resierfs). > I installed Windows first, followed by 9.0 on hdc, and chose to install lilo > to hda's boot sector. > This has been working just fine since I installed. > I've come to a point where I'm moving hdb out of the system... > Whenever I remove it, I get the ubiquitos LI LI LI LI LI across the screen, > indicating that lilo is toast. Putting the drive back makes everything work > as before. > > 2 questions: > > 1) Should lilo really be doing this, bearing in mind that hdb isnt mentioned > in lilo.conf (It has an old 8.2 install I havent removed yet on it, but I'd > have to make a boot disk to boot from it). > > 2) If I re-reun lilo (from a rescue cd and chrooting stuff) without changing > lilo.conf, will that fix the LI LI LI issue? > > Cheers, > > Mark. > > - -- > Mark Watts > Systems Engineer > QinetiQ TIM > St Andrews Road, Malvern > GPG Public Key available on request. > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE+aIA5Bn4EFUVUIO0RAhuvAKCzIzCZDqFlr6+RWzdSEmrpglnB8QCgxetA > gfpHOl0qRleNXs2VLEiSQcY= > =wfFV > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Lilo with multiple hard drives...
well.. in my case it helped when I had the prob (though can't remember exactly which drive was remapped in my case. Can you post your lilo.conf? Best regards, Adrian - Original Message - From: "Mark Watts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 2:08 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Lilo with multiple hard drives... > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > > > I think that happens cause of the auto remapping of your drives. I think > > hdc becomes hdb when you pull hdb out. So modifying lilo.conf and replacing > > hdc with hdb, running lilo afterwards, removing hdb and rebooting should > > solve it. > > Shouldn't do - on other boxes I run a single drive on each channel, so I never > get an hdb (or hdd/hdf/hdh) > > Mark > > - -- > Mark Watts > Systems Engineer > QinetiQ TIM > St Andrews Road, Malvern > GPG Public Key available on request. > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE+aJnUBn4EFUVUIO0RAsVFAJ0YOnvmW7+xrDAkUx3auZLigIOqawCgi7kh > oAydSM3ts7EZLOMBC4uc9cc= > =K5lm > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Lilo with multiple hard drives...
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > I think that happens cause of the auto remapping of your drives. I think > hdc becomes hdb when you pull hdb out. So modifying lilo.conf and replacing > hdc with hdb, running lilo afterwards, removing hdb and rebooting should > solve it. Shouldn't do - on other boxes I run a single drive on each channel, so I never get an hdb (or hdd/hdf/hdh) Mark - -- Mark Watts Systems Engineer QinetiQ TIM St Andrews Road, Malvern GPG Public Key available on request. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+aJnUBn4EFUVUIO0RAsVFAJ0YOnvmW7+xrDAkUx3auZLigIOqawCgi7kh oAydSM3ts7EZLOMBC4uc9cc= =K5lm -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Lilo with multiple hard drives...
I think that happens cause of the auto remapping of your drives. I think hdc becomes hdb when you pull hdb out. So modifying lilo.conf and replacing hdc with hdb, running lilo afterwards, removing hdb and rebooting should solve it. - Original Message - From: "Mark Watts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 12:19 PM Subject: [expert] Lilo with multiple hard drives... > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi, > > I have a system with 3 harddrives in it (hda = Windows, hdb = spare (part XFS, > part FAT32) and hdc = Linux (resierfs). > I installed Windows first, followed by 9.0 on hdc, and chose to install lilo > to hda's boot sector. > This has been working just fine since I installed. > I've come to a point where I'm moving hdb out of the system... > Whenever I remove it, I get the ubiquitos LI LI LI LI LI across the screen, > indicating that lilo is toast. Putting the drive back makes everything work > as before. > > 2 questions: > > 1) Should lilo really be doing this, bearing in mind that hdb isnt mentioned > in lilo.conf (It has an old 8.2 install I havent removed yet on it, but I'd > have to make a boot disk to boot from it). > > 2) If I re-reun lilo (from a rescue cd and chrooting stuff) without changing > lilo.conf, will that fix the LI LI LI issue? > > Cheers, > > Mark. > > - -- > Mark Watts > Systems Engineer > QinetiQ TIM > St Andrews Road, Malvern > GPG Public Key available on request. > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE+aIA5Bn4EFUVUIO0RAhuvAKCzIzCZDqFlr6+RWzdSEmrpglnB8QCgxetA > gfpHOl0qRleNXs2VLEiSQcY= > =wfFV > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
