Reconstructing Lilo Bootloader to boot triple OS's

dolphans1 · 10-25-2004, 10:09 AM

Is there anyway I can reconstuct Lilo Bootloader to boot as a triple boot configure?

I have 2 Hard-drives

1) - hda has 2 OS, Windows XP and Mandrake Community 10.1 installed on it.

hda has Windows-XP
Mandrake 10.1 Community as-
hda6 is /
hda8 is /home

2) - hdb has only Mandrake 10.1 Community on it.
Mandrake 10.1 Community as -
hdb1 - is /
hdb6 - is /oldhome

I disconnected my hda drive and did a reinstall of 10.1 on hdb hard-drive partician as a stand alone OS. I want to have 2 mandrake 10.1 on my PC for back-up and experiemental.

Here's the question: Can I have 2 versions of mandrake 10.1 running as a tripple boot configuration on the same pc in a tripple boot configuration?

Below is an example of what I invision:

Linux -10.1
linuz
floopy
failsafe
Windows XP
Linux - 10.1

I am going to connect hda harddrive back and I want to be able to boot into 10.1 sitting inside hdb. Is that even possible, if so, how do I do I make Lilo do that?

Thanks

d-1

RoofRabbit · 10-25-2004, 04:47 PM

If you try to boot a linux hardrive in a different IDE location than when it was installed, you will have to at least edit the /etc/lilo.conf file.
Unless you plan to to a LOT of experminting under root, just use a "test" user rather than 2 OS's.

dolphans1 · 10-26-2004, 04:30 AM

This is how I was able to do it. I had to blank the liloconf file in /etc

Code:

/etc/liloconf

Must be in KDESU Konqueror.

NOTE: Also be sure to go to your particians inside mandrake CC and mount hdb drive and select partician and rename to /10 and your second red partician name /oldhome (or whatever you want to call it).

Open Mandrake control center and select boot loader, it will be blank because you blanked it earlier in /etc/liloconf, click [ADD] and obviously you select Linux, boot device should be [/dev/hda/] this is obviously your 1st harddrive.
Then click [NEXT] at the bottom of the box. Under Label the word entered should be [LINUX], Image should be [/boot/vmlinuz-2.68.1-10mdk], Root should be [/dev/hda6], and check [X] the word Default inside white little box if you want to boot to Linux by Default. Click Advance tab and enter [/boot/initrd.img] Hit OK.

Then hit [ADD] button and check "windows" - Label show say [windows], Root should say [/dev/hda1] Then hit OK.

Now click [ADD] again enter the word [Linux-0] (This is your second Mandrake 10.1 or whatever you want to name your second OS, in this example I chose linux-0. Root should say [/dev/hdb1]. Then click on advance tab below and enter for Initrd this [ /10.0/boot/initrd.img]

Don't Forget to hit OK's and especially the word Finish after you have complted your task.

Then add the following 5 lines of commands under "boot=/dev/hda"

Code:

map=/boot/map
keytable=/boot/us.klt
prompt
nowarn
timeout=350

Liloconf should like this:

Code:

# File generated by DrakX/drakboot
# WARNING: do not forget to run lilo after modifying this file

default="linux"
boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
keytable=/boot/us.klt
prompt
nowarn
timeout=350
message=/boot/message
menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8.1-10mdk
	label="linux"
	root=/dev/hda6
	initrd=/boot/initrd.img
	read-only
other=/dev/hda1
	label="windows"
image=/10.0/boot/vmlinuz
	label="linux-0"
	root=/dev/hdb1
	initrd=/10.0/boot/initrd.img
	read-only

That's it....triple boot.....

d-1

[QUOTE]Originally posted by RoofRabbit
[B]If you try to boot a linux hardrive in a different IDE location than when it was installed, you will have to at least edit the /etc/lilo.conf file.
Unless you plan to to a LOT of experminting under root, just use a "test" user rather than 2 OS's.