I want Gentoo and Slack on my system but..

MrVahn · 05-13-2006, 12:47 AM

My current partitioning:

8 gb winbloze
2gb / slack
10gb usr
8gb opt
1gb tmp
3gb free unformatted space
10gb fat32
27gb fat32

I currently have bloze and slack installed and I'm planning to install gentoo. Will LILO be removed if ever I install gentoo or will I be able to keep it? I dont want lilo to be replaced esp by grub lol.

BobNutfield · 05-13-2006, 05:32 AM

Hi,

I use Grub, so I am not 100% sure about LILO, but I can tell you that whenever I add a new distro to my system I just install without a bootloader and add it to my existing grub configuration file. It seems to work everytime. I currently have four distros and XP installed, all of them booted from one Grub installation. I am sure this is also possible with LILO, but I also believe you have to rerun LILO whenever the configuration file is updated.

Hope this helps

Bob

Nylex · 05-13-2006, 06:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BobNutfield

I also believe you have to rerun LILO whenever the configuration file is updated.

This is correct.

I think you can probably just skip the GRUB installation when you install Gentoo and then just add an entry to your lilo.conf (running /sbin/lilo afterwards of course).

MrVahn · 05-13-2006, 09:41 AM

Ok thanks guys. This is great help indeed.

MannyNix · 05-13-2006, 06:07 PM

I agree with Nylex and suggest you take a look at this post: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=428252
it may help you when you need to edit your /etc/lilo.con and maybe have to mount your gentoo or slack parition and add it to /etc/fstab. It's really easy, i'm booting 4 os from slackware, including gentoo

introuble · 05-14-2006, 05:12 AM

P.S.: Don't install Gentoo.

(JUST KIDDING)