i have mandrake 9.0 on hda and just installed gentoo on hdd. what is the right way to write lilo.conf would it be:

other=/dev/hda
label=linux

????

any help would be greatly apprec.....

would i create 2 of the previous lines in the file?

other=/dev/hdd
label=gentoo

other=/dev/hda
label=Mandrake

could this work

there must be default
here is a sample /etc/lilo.conf.

#/etc/lilo.conf
boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=50
default=linux

# Linux Partition
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.12-20
label=linux
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.12-20.img
root=/dev/hda1
read-only

# Windows Partition
other=/dev/hda2
label=win
table=/dev/hda

For Linux distributions you need to use

image=....................

directives and stanzas

For Windows you would use

other=...............


Can you post the output of

cat /etc/lilo.conf ; fdisk L

currently i have
image=/boot/kernel-2.4.20-gentoo-r5
root=dev/hdd3
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.20-gentoo-r5
append="root=/dev/hdd3 init=/linuxrc"

other=/dev/hda
label=linux

i have a single partition on hda and three partitions on hdd
so could i just plug in my versions in

#/etc/lilo.conf
boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=50
default=linux

# Linux Partition
image=/boot/kernel-2.4.20-gentoo-r5
label=linux
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.20-gentoo-r5
root=/dev/hda1
read-only


would this work???

You installed Gentoo last - did you install LILO from Gentoo - are you using the lilo.conf file from Gentoo?

cat /etc/lilo.conf ; fdisk L

this gets me:

boot=/dev/hdd
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=50
lba32
default=linux
image=/boot/kernel-2.4.20-gentoo-r5
root=dev/hdd3
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.20-gentoo-r5
append="root=/dev/hdd3 init=/linuxrc"

other=/dev/hda
label=linux
Unable to open L

yes i installed lilo from gentoo last and am trying to config lilo in the gentoo install

i think it is 'fdisk -l'

with <i>cat /etc/lilo.conf ; fdisk l</i> i recieved the same unable to open l

I used capital L just to show its an L rather than an i - never mind - if your configuring LILO from Gentoo do this

su
root password

mkdir /mnt/mandrake

mount -t ext3 -o rw /dev/hda1 /mnt/mandrake

open lilo.conf with an editor

and put this stanza in

image=/mnt/mandrake/boot/vmlinuz
label="Mandrake9"
root=/dev/hda1
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
read-only

save the file

then type

/sbin/lilo

then reboot and see

it is 'fdisk -l'.dont forget the '-'

Its

initrd=/mnt/mandrake/boot/initrd.img

not

initrd=/boot/initrd.img

youll have to change it, save it then run


/sbin/lilo

again

i'm at the end of the install after i type all of this in, should i

etc-update
exit
cd /
unmount /mnt/gentoo/boot
unmount /mnt/gentoo/proc
unmount /mnt/gentoo
reboot


and it should be ok?

Is Gentoo already installed fully?