LinuxQuestions.org - [SOLVED] Dual ( triple) Boot Ubuntu ( Mythbuntu ) using lilo instead of grub

I hate grub and much prefer lilo.

One of my machines now will boot one of 3 operating systems using lilo and not grub:
Slackware , Mythbuntu or NetBSD

Here are the relevant /etc/lilo.conf entries:

Code:

# Linux bootable partition config begins

image = /boot/vmlinuz

  root = /dev/sda2

  label =  slackware

  read-only  # Partitions should be mounted read-only for checking

# Linux bootable partition config ends

# Linux bootable partition config begins

image = /ubuntu/vmlinuz

  initrd = /ubuntu/initrd.img

  root="UUID=a64394d8-1e6e-47b1-9831-142c2f08e5f5"

  label = mythbuntu

  read-only  # Partitions should be mounted read-only for checking

# Linux bootable partition config ends

# NetBSD bootable partition config begins

other = /dev/sda3

  label = netbsd

  table = /dev/sda

# NetBSD bootable partition config ends

On Slackware I mount the Mythbuntu partition under the /ubuntu directory.

The entry finds the Mythbuntu kernel and the initrd image by using
symbolic links in the root directory:

Code:

/ubuntu/vmlinuz    -> /ubuntu/boot/vmlinuz-3.0.0-12-generic

/ubuntu/initrd.img -> /ubuntu/boot/initrd.img-3.0.0-12-generic

I had trouble with the Mythbuntu entry until I changed the root= entry from root=/dev/sda1 to root="UUID..."

The symptom was that the /scripts/init-bottom script could not find the root directory.