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Hi,

I have Slackware installed on /dev/sdb1 and Arch installed on /dev/sdb3.

My lilo.conf is like that:

Code:

other = /dev/sda1

  label = Windows

  table = /dev/sda

# Windows bootable partition config ends



# Linux bootable partition config begins

image = /boot/vmlinuz

  root = /dev/sdb1

  label = Slackware

  read-only

# Linux bootable partition config ends



# Linux bootable partition config begins

image = /boot/vmlinuz26

  root = /dev/sdb3

  label = Arch

  read-only

# Linux bootable partition config ends

When I type lilo, it returns the following error message :

Code:

Warning: LBA32 addressing assumed

Warning: The boot sector and map file are on different disks.

Added Windows *

Added Slackware

Fatal: open /boot/vmlinuz26: No such file or directory

But i`m sure thet vmlinuz26 is located at /dev/sdb3/boot
I think it searches for vmlinuz26 in /dev/sdb1...

How must be the correct configuration file for it ?

Thanks in advance.

RE: lilo config across partitions

You need to mount your other Linux partitions and change lilo.conf image lines to reflect the current path. Example:

Code:

image = /media/suse11/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.25.16-0.1-default

    label = openSUSE_11

    append = " resume=/dev/sdc1 splash=silent showopts"

    initrd = /media/suse11/boot/initrd-2.6.25.16-0.1-default

    root = /dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST3500320AS_5QM12P5M-part7

    vga = 0x346

Thanks, but it still results a warning...

Code:

# Windows bootable partition config begins

other = /dev/sda1

  label = Windows

  table = /dev/sda

# Windows bootable partition config ends

# Linux bootable partition config begins

image = /boot/vmlinuz

  root = /dev/sdb1

  label = Slackware

  read-only

# Linux bootable partition config ends

# Linux bootable partition config begins

image = /mnt/tmp/boot/vmlinuz26

  root = /dev/sdb3

  label = Arch

  read-only

# Linux bootable partition config ends

Code:

Warning: LBA32 addressing assumed

Warning: The boot sector and map file are on different disks.

Added Windows *

Added Slackware

Added Arch

2 warnings were issued.

I get the same error but it seems to work. I've never searched for info on the map file warning.