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Old 12-11-2003, 10:37 AM   #1
pirozzi
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boot loader configuration


i've two hd on my pc. on the first one i've installed mdk 9.2. on the other one i've an old installation of mdk 9.1. now when i boot the machine lilo give me only tha opportunity to start the system from hda. how can i configure lilo in order to choose the second disk to boot the system?
 
Old 12-11-2003, 09:46 PM   #2
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Take a look at the /etc/lilo.conf file on 9.1 and modify the /etc/lilo.conf on 9.2 accordingly.
Run /sbin/lilo to update.
If what is now /dev/hdb used to be the primary master, you also need to look at the map-drive option (man lilo.conf)
Good Luck.
 
  


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