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

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.

Almost :}

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