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Old 07-13-2003, 07:10 PM   #1
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lilo.conf contents different from the bootloader


hi,

i am using mandrake 9.1. why is it that the contents of my lilo.conf are very much different from what appears at the bootloader screen...

the contents of my lilo.conf are:
boot=/dev/hda3
map=/boot/map
vga=791
default="Mandrake"
keytable=/boot/us.klt
prompt
nowarn
timeout=100
message=/boot/message
menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label="Mandrake"
root=/dev/hda3
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append="quiet devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi"
vga=788
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label="Mandrake-nonfb"
root=/dev/hda3
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append="devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi"
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label="Mandrake-Failsa"
root=/dev/hda3
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append="failsafe devfs=nomount hdc=ide-scsi"
read-only
other=/dev/hda1
label="Windows"
table=/dev/hda
other=/dev/hda1
label="Floppy"
unsafe

but what appears to be in the bootloader screen is:
linux
windows
floppy
 
Old 07-13-2003, 07:19 PM   #2
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"why is it that the contents of my lilo.conf are very much different from what appears at the bootloader screen..."

After you make changes to /etc/lilo.conf you have to run lilo for those changes to take effect. The most likely answer to your question is that you need to run lilo.

If you mess up lilo you may not be able to boot at all. So, before making such a massive change to lilo I suggest that you make a boot floppy and make sure that it works. That way you will be able to boot even if lilo is broken.

Last edited by jailbait; 07-13-2003 at 07:22 PM.
 
Old 07-13-2003, 09:59 PM   #3
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Hi Spyghost

After you've finished editing Lilo.conf you have to run the map installer /sbin/lilo from a terminal.

So

K
TERMINALS
CONSOLE
SU
ROOT PASSWORD
TYPE /sbin/lilo

You'll see a little list come up in the terminal screen which says

"Added.........." then the list of OS's below

On next boot up the changes will take effect
 
Old 07-14-2003, 09:24 AM   #4
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how about if it should be installed in / and not the mbr?
 
Old 07-14-2003, 09:41 AM   #5
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Hi Spyghost

LILO can be installed/re-installed in one of 4 main places

The boot sector on the first hard disk - namely the MBR
The boot sector of a floppy disk
The boot sector of a Linux root partition
The boot sector of an extended partition

Looking at your Lilo.conf file we have

boot=/dev/hda3 at the top - and

root-/dev/hda3 further down

You've obviously installed Lilo to the boot sector of your Linux root partition.

Don't worry about running the map installer /sbin/lilo

It reads the boot=/dev/........... line at the top of your lilo.conf file and re-installs Lilo to wherever is specified by that line.
 
Old 07-16-2003, 08:33 AM   #6
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ok... thanks...
 
  


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