[SOLVED] Dual boot Slack with Fedora

ZebraIzToronto · 11-05-2010, 02:54 PM

I have installed Slackware and lilo on MBR. I also have installed Fedora on /dev/sda6 with grub on first sector of /dev/sda6. When I power on laptop I don't have option to enter in Fedora. How to add that option ?

sycamorex · 11-05-2010, 03:01 PM

You need to edit Slackware's /etc/lilo.conf

Add the following

Code:

# Fedora
other = /dev/sda6
label = Fedora
table = /dev/sda

and then you need to run: lilo

ZebraIzToronto · 11-05-2010, 03:57 PM

I done that but
Warning: LBA32 addressing assumed
Fatal: Partition entry not found.

sycamorex · 11-05-2010, 04:02 PM

Don't worry about LBA32. See:
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...ssumed-616597/

Can you post the output of "fdisk -l"?

ZebraIzToronto · 11-05-2010, 04:05 PM

This is the output of fdisk -l , I fedora is on /dev/sda7 not /dev/sda6, I wrote in question wrong.

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 1 13 102400 7 HPFS/NTFS
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.
/dev/sda2 13 5100 40861696 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda3 * 5101 30402 203232619+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 5101 14826 78124063+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda6 14827 22699 63232000 83 Linux
/dev/sda7 22699 30009 58716160 83 Linux
/dev/sda8 30009 30401 3147776 82 Linux swap

sycamorex · 11-05-2010, 04:11 PM

So have you corrected the lilo.conf file?

markush · 11-05-2010, 04:24 PM

Hi,

I'd recommend to install Fedoras Grub in the MBR of /dev/sda and add an entry for Slackware in /boot/grub/menu.lst in Fedora.
I'm running multiple Linuxdistributions on my 3 PCs and use Grub. The advantage is that one Grub installation can handle every distribution (and surley Windows) on a PC.
I use to mount the respectively other distribution(s) on /usr/local. As an Example the fstab from my laptop:

Code:

/dev/sda4	/			ext4	defaults		1 2
/dev/sda6	none			swap	sw			0 0
/dev/sda8	/home			ext3	defaults		0 1
/dev/sda9	/usr/local/public 	ext3	defaults		0 1
/dev/sda5	/usr/local/arch 	ext3	defaults		0 1

just now I'm running Gentoo. If I want to edit the grubmenu I find it in the path "/usr/local/arch/boot/grub/menu.lst". Since grub needs not to be executed after a change in the configfile this is very conventient for me.

Markus

ZebraIzToronto · 11-05-2010, 04:28 PM

I done like you said, I ignored warning, in /etc/lilo.conf file is what you said to add, but when I restart nothing changed.
There is no Fedora in option, just Slack .

ZebraIzToronto · 11-05-2010, 04:30 PM

@markush
Can I do it now(change lilo and grub), or I need to install all from beginning ?

sycamorex · 11-05-2010, 04:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZebraIzToronto

I done like you said, I ignored warning, in /etc/lilo.conf file is what you said to add, but when I restart nothing changed.
There is no Fedora in option, just Slack .

Have you run lilo afterwards?

ZebraIzToronto · 11-05-2010, 04:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sycamorex

Have you run lilo afterwards?

Yes, I run lilo and same warning. I restarted laptop and there is no change.

sycamorex · 11-05-2010, 04:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZebraIzToronto

@markush
Can I do it now(change lilo and grub), or I need to install all from beginning ?

Yes, you can change it without reinstalling the system.
Which version of Slackware are you running?

ZebraIzToronto · 11-05-2010, 04:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sycamorex

Yes, you can change it without reinstalling the system.
Which version of Slackware are you running?

Slackware 13.1 (x32) and Fedora 14

markush · 11-05-2010, 04:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ZebraIzToronto

@markush
Can I do it now(change lilo and grub), or I need to install all from beginning ?

yes, just add an entry for Slackware in the menu.lst and execute (when Fedora is booted)

Code:

grub-install /dev/sda

Markus

sycamorex · 11-05-2010, 04:53 PM

Let's try the lilo option first.
What's the exact output of running "lilo"?
Can you also post your /etc/lilo.conf?
Please wrap the code you post in 'code' tags.