Re: [SLUG] VMWare and LILO configuration
- Original Message - From: "Jeff Waugh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Sydney Linux Users" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 1:29 PM Subject: Re: [SLUG] VMWare and LILO configuration > > What's the one RedHat 7.0 uses? > > Could it be grub? GAG is a little different to the Linux bootloaders though, > as it's a little more independent. You have to do all the background work > (setting up lilo to boot from the partition, not MBR, etc) yourself, but > that's easy enough with documentation. No, its still LILO, but with evil evil graphical boot menu hacks! NO! C. -- --==-- Crossfire | This email was brought to you [EMAIL PROTECTED] | on 100% Recycled Electrons --==-- -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
RE: [SLUG] VMWare and LILO configuration
Sorry - Just couldn't resist the misquote: ...not Our Raster, whose art is EVAS! - JR -- Jill Rowling, Snr Des. Eng. & Unix System Administrator Elec. Eng. Dept, Aristocrat Technologies Australia 3rd Floor, 77 Dunning Ave Rosebery NSW 2018 Phone: (02) 9697-4484 Fax: (02) 9663-1412 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -Original Message- > From: Jeff Waugh [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > The author calls > > himself Raster, but he's not the Rasterman. Does anyone know him? > > He's just "some random dude that speaks Spanish", not Our Raster. ;) -- CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE -- This email is intended only to be read or used by the addressee. The information contained in this e-mail message may be confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, interference with, distribution, disclosure or copying of this material is unauthorised and prohibited. Confidentiality attached to this communication is not waived or lost by reason of the mistaken delivery to you. If you have received this message in error, please delete it and notify us by return e-mail or telephone Aristocrat Technologies Australia Pty Limited on +61 2 9413 6300. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] VMWare and LILO configuration
> However I think it is way cool and possibly should be on source forge, > converted to GNU asm and have support for lilo.conf files. The author calls > himself Raster, but he's not the Rasterman. Does anyone know him? He's just "some random dude that speaks Spanish", not Our Raster. ;) I found it ages ago when looking for a replacement for BootMagic and other closed boot managers (and was particularly happy when I found out it didn't require a partition just for itself). > How many people are using GAG? Used to, but I don't need it anymore - there's only one OS I boot into. :) I recommend GAG to everyone I meet who are the NT/2000/Windows 9x/Linux multi-booting situation. > What's the one RedHat 7.0 uses? Could it be grub? GAG is a little different to the Linux bootloaders though, as it's a little more independent. You have to do all the background work (setting up lilo to boot from the partition, not MBR, etc) yourself, but that's easy enough with documentation. How small can a statically linked Qt/Embedded app be? - Jeff -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- http://linux.conf.au/ -- I get my kicks above the .sigline, sunshine. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] VMWare and LILO configuration
On Sunday 07 January 2001 22:54, Jeff Waugh wrote: > > Then, install GAG to your MBR for normal OS switching - it's tiny, > graphical, and perky. It's also Free Software. You can find GAG on > Freshmeat. Sorry this is old, slowly catching up on my email since l.c.a Anyway, I just had a look at GAG and it looks very cool. I love the icons and everything, however it's a pity the font is non-proportional and the code is TASM asm, not GNU formatted assembler which means it's difficult to hack on. However I think it is way cool and possibly should be on source forge, converted to GNU asm and have support for lilo.conf files. The author calls himself Raster, but he's not the Rasterman. Does anyone know him? How many people are using GAG? What's the one RedHat 7.0 uses? Regards John -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] VMWare and LILO configuration
On 0, Jeff Waugh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > In the current LILO configuration, I have: > > boot=/dev/hda > > > > Can anyone recommend a better LILO and/or VMWare configuration? > > But of course! :) > > > I prefer that VMWare not to prompt me for the guest OS. I plan to install > > other Guest OSs on other HD (/dev/hdb). How will the "boot" directive in > > lilo.conf, direct to the other guest OSs on /dev/hdb1 or /dev/hdb2 etc? > > Change this to boot=/dev/hda1, so that it's only the partition that knows > about Linux. > > Then, install GAG to your MBR for normal OS switching - it's tiny, > graphical, and perky. It's also Free Software. You can find GAG on > Freshmeat. > > Thank you for replying. I want the system to boot up with the default system being Linux. When I start VMWare and select Win98 (/dev/hda5) configuration, I would prefer that it goes straight to the Win98 partition, avoiding the LILO or GAG boot managers. Is that possible? -- Subba Rao [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pws.prserv.net/truemax/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] VMWare and LILO configuration
> In the current LILO configuration, I have: > boot=/dev/hda > > Can anyone recommend a better LILO and/or VMWare configuration? But of course! :) > I prefer that VMWare not to prompt me for the guest OS. I plan to install > other Guest OSs on other HD (/dev/hdb). How will the "boot" directive in > lilo.conf, direct to the other guest OSs on /dev/hdb1 or /dev/hdb2 etc? Change this to boot=/dev/hda1, so that it's only the partition that knows about Linux. Then, install GAG to your MBR for normal OS switching - it's tiny, graphical, and perky. It's also Free Software. You can find GAG on Freshmeat. - Jeff -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- http://linux.conf.au/ -- "Boys will be boys, hackers will be hackers, geeks will be geeks, and cyberpunks will always just be ravers with Macintoshes." - Monkey Master, Crackmonkey -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] VMWare and LILO configuration
Hello I have installed VMWare on my Linux (host). There are 2 seprate HDs on this system. I have created raw disks to install the guest OSs. Win98 is installed as a guest OS on one raw disk (/dev/hda5). The problem now is with LILO. I have installed LILO on my /dev/hda MBR. Each time I power on the VMWare, it goes to the LILO prompt. So I modified the lilo.conf to provide Win98 as an option. At the VMWare LILO prompt I select Win98 and then Win98 starts fine. In the current LILO configuration, I have: boot=/dev/hda Can anyone recommend a better LILO and/or VMWare configuration? I prefer that VMWare not to prompt me for the guest OS. I plan to install other Guest OSs on other HD (/dev/hdb). How will the "boot" directive in lilo.conf, direct to the other guest OSs on /dev/hdb1 or /dev/hdb2 etc? Thank you in advance. Subba Rao [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://pws.prserv.net/truemax/ -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://slug.org.au/lists/listinfo/slug
