Lilo config can't boot slack
Ok i have Mandrake and Slack 9.0 right now i can boot to mandrake from lilo. And i have to use my boot disk to get into slack. Here is my lilo config for mandrake.
map=/boot/map vga=normal default="Mandrake9.1" keytable=/boot/us.klt prompt nowarn timeout=100 message=/boot/message menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw image=/boot/vmlinuz label="Mandrake9.1" root=/dev/hda2 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi acpi=off" read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label="failsafe" root=/dev/hda2 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="failsafe devfs=nomount hdc=ide-scsi acpi=off" read-only other=/dev/fd0 label="floppy" unsafe Slack is on hda6 how could i edit lilo to boot slack if you need anything else let me know. Thanx:scratch: |
Add:
image = /boot/vmlinuz root = /dev/hda6 label = Slackware read-only And if you have a CD burner, add this after "read-only": append="hdx=ide-scsi" , where x = your cdburner letter (c,d) MAKE SURE YOU TYPE: "lilo" into a console after you edit the file, or the changes won't occur. |
OK tried and got XIO: Fatal IO Error 104 (connection reset by peer) on X server ":0.0" after 0 requests (0 known processed) with 0 events remaining. Here is my slack lilo if it helps
boot=/dev/hda prompt timeout=50 message=/boot/message root=/dev/hda6 image=/boot/vmlinuz ________label="vmlinuz" ________root=/dev/hda6 ________read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz-ide-2.4.20 ________label="2.4.20" ________root=/dev/hda6 ________read-only image=/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage ________label="Linux_Compiled" ________root=/dev/hda6 ________read-only ________optional I am further than i was though i was getting kernel panics before. Anymore help with this is greatly appreciated |
The problem is that in contras' approach
the fact that you have TWO /boot's, and that Slack's one is invisible for MDK's lilo, isn't handled... The alternative would be to make the boot in Slack's lilo.conf look like: boot=/dev/hda6 and in the MDK's put the Slackware section to be like other = /dev/hda6 label = "Slackware" If you have time to resize/repartition you could have both Linux' share a distinct /boot partition which would save you the trouble of a dual lilo installation ;) Cheers, Tink |
OK Tinkster so my slack lilo will just say
boot=/dev/hda6 And my mandrake lilo should look like this boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map vga=normal default="Mandrake9.1" keytable=/boot/us.klt prompt nowarn timeout=100 message=/boot/message menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw image="/boot/vmlinuz" label="Mandrake_9.1" root="/dev/hda2" initrd="/boot/initrd.img" append="devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi acpi=off" read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label="failsafe" root=/dev/hda2 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="failsafe devfs=nomount hdc=ide-scsi acpi=off" read-only other=/dev/fd0 label="floppy" unsafe other=/dev/hda6 label="Slackware_9.0" Is that right? |
Woops, just realized that. Sorry. :(
Maybe you could ditch Mandrake? ;) |
Mandrake has alot of nice sh** though and its easier for my wife then slack. I use slack more but she just can't understand it so she stays in Mandrake. And it took me long enough to get her use to Mandrake I'm not even going to go down that road for slack.
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As for the slack bit you just need to CHANGE the boot-entry, not remove everything but it. In other words, you're installing Slacks lilo on slacks partition, and make MDK's lilo point to Slacks ;) It might be more convenient for you not to have a second menu, though, and just make Slacks lilo boot through to the kernel you want? Cheers, Tink |
Thank tink i post back with results
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