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ploosh 03-17-2005 02:55 PM

Lilo with Ubuntu, dual boot with Mandrake
 
First, I apologize for a lilo question. I'm not finding answers in the other threads I've searched which makes me wonder if it's an Ubuntu issue. Perhaps you can help.

I just installed Ubuntu (Hoary install) on an existing dual-boot system. I installed it over the previous WinXP partition. Ubuntu wanted to use Grub as the bootloader, but it failed on the install. It did however present me with Lilo which was already listed because I had been dual-booting with WinXP/Mandrake.

Now the newb problem.
Ubuntu loads fine (love it), but I'm not presented with a menu to choose to boot into Mandrake, which I had hoped for. I checked the partitions to see how things were listed and it looks like:
Code:

Disk label type: msdos
Minor    Start      End    Type      Filesystem  Flags
1          0.031  27862.734  primary  ext3        boot
2      27862.734  38154.375  extended              lba
5      27862.765  37636.655  logical  ext3
6      37636.686  38154.375  logical

I then brought up the lilo.conf file and edited it to be (not listing the comments):
Code:

boot=/dev/hda
root=/dev/hda1
install=menu
map=/boot/map
delay=40
vga=normal
default=Linux
image=/vmlinuz
        label=Linux
        read-only
        initrd=/initrd.img
image=/vmlinuz.old
        label=LinuxOLD
        read-only
        optional
        initrd=/initrd.img.old
other=/dev/hda5
        label="Mandrake 10.1"

When I then /sbin/lilo I receive a message:
Code:

Warning: LBA32 addressing assumed
Reading boot sector from /dev/hda
Warning: Kernel & BIOS return differing head/sector geometries for device 0x80
    Kernel: 65535 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors
      BIOS: 1024 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors
Warning: '/proc/partitions' does not match '/dev' directory structure.
    Name change: '/dev/dm-0' -> '/dev/evms/hda1'
    Name change: '/dev/dm-1' -> '/dev/evms/hda5'
    Name change: '/dev/dm-2' -> '/dev/evms/hda6'
Using MENU secondary loader
Calling map_insert_data

Boot image: /vmlinuz -> boot/vmlinuz-2.6.10-4-386
Mapping RAM disk /initrd.img -> boot/initrd.img-2.6.10-4-386
Added Linux *

Skipping /vmlinuz.old
Boot other: /dev/hda5, loader CHAIN
Fatal: First sector of /dev/hda5 doesn't have a valid boot signature

Now there are a bunch of useful Ubuntu comments in the lilo.conf file, but I don't think they'd be causing a problem (although I haven't tested that yet). Any idea of what I am missing or doing incorrectly?

ploosh 03-17-2005 04:44 PM

still thinking....
 
While it may not be the best solution, I wonder if trying to set Grub as the bootloader is a better option?

ploosh 03-17-2005 06:34 PM

Tried to set up Grub:
Code:

grub> root (hd0,0)
 Filesystem type unknown, partition type 0x7

Not sure why the filesystem is unknown.?


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