dual proc xp/RH7.2 question
Here is the problem:
I have been trying to get lilo or grub to work on this Dell Precision 530 that has xp on the first hard drive and linux on the second hard drive. Here is the info from syslinux.cfg and lilo.conf.anaconda: syslinux.cfg: default linux prompt 1 display boot.msg timeout 100 label linux kernel vmlinuz append initrd=initrd.img root=/dev/sdb3 from lilo.conf.anaconda: prompt timeout=50 default=linux boot=/dev/sdb2 map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b message=/boot/message linear image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.7-10smp label=linux initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.7-10smp.img read-only root=/dev/sdb3 image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.7-10 label=linux-up initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.7-10.img read-only root=/dev/sdb3 other=/dev/sdb1 optional label=DOS What I'd like to do, since linux only boots up from a floppy, is to somehow make the ability to choose between the two different procs. is there a way to do this, and if so, then how? I've found out that when I take xp out of the picture completely, the lilo works and I can choose between single and dual proc, but once I add the xp back in (after doing a complete hard drive wipe), then lilo won't come up and grub doesn't come up either...with only the boot disk option available for only a single proc bootup.... help! :o:cry: |
no info on this one?
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so there is no solution, then? :cry: :eek: :confused: :cry: |
I will take a gander...
Boot into your distro, and run /sbin/lilo and see if that makes it so you can boot both OS's. I am not quite sure what you are asking, and therefore can't help much with a solution, sorry. |
found an alternative answer
This will allow a person to boot up onto a dual proc mode using the boot floppy...
typing: mkbootdisk --device /dev/fd0 (kernal version)smp will create the multiproc version of the boot disk... it's a work around, but at least it gets into the dual proc mode that I was trying to explain in the earlier message.... :D :o |
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