lilo.conf help
 

I am trying to add gentoo to my lilo.conf. I am getting this error when I run #/sbin/lilo

Fatal: open /boot/kernel-2.4.20-gentoo-r8: No such file or directory

below is what I have in my lilo.conf
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# Linux bootable partition config begins
image = /boot/vmlinuz
root = /dev/hda6
label = Slackware
read-only
# gentoo kernel info
image = /boot/kernel-2.4.20-gentoo-r8
label = Gentoo
root = /dev/hda3 #this line I also tried as root = /dev/hda5
initrd = /boot/initrd-2.4.20-gentoo-r8
# Linux bootable partition config ends
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I have my boot partition on /dev/hda3 and my root partition on /dev/hda5

Are Slack's and Gentoo's /boot the
same one? If they're not, Slack's lilo
won't see the Gentoo kernel ;)



Cheers,
Tink

am I understanding correctly, this is a limitation of lilo(or I have it configured wrong). I used my grub bootloader to boot both redhat and slack.

He means (I think) to copy Gentoo's kernel to Slack's boot, since that's what Slack's LILO understands by 'boot'. Or at least, that's what I just did with Debian again. :D

thanks guys

Thanks for interpreting ;)

What I mean is that if you have a layout
like this:

or
Lilo won't be able to see /boot/kernel-2.4.20-gentoo-r8
because it wouldn't exist in what lilo
sees as /boot .... to work around this
both distros would have to share the
same /boot partition.

Better? :)


Cheers,
Tink

Glad I got it right. This post was clarifying that I could very well be wrong, but I didn't see your follow up, so never mind. :D

I also share /boot between Mandrake and Gentoo with Grub. It would not work with lilo at all.

The seperate /boot partitions were to confusing. The kernel has different names anyway.

Later

:D :D :D