[SOLVED] Lilo install problem with 2 disk

charlie_lab · 08-11-2009, 05:42 AM

hello,

I went back to slackware but I have one problem.
When i got to the part where lilo is created, I went to the expert section.
But when I do the lilo install it went wrong.
I get a message that system map and another map will be on different disk and that lilo will not be installed good.

My disk are :

hda : disk with Windows Vista
hdb : dvd writer
hdc : disk with Slackware 12.2

How can i install slackware so everything will work.
Slackware and Windows on one disk is not a option.

Roelof

markush · 08-11-2009, 06:23 AM

Please post your lilo.conf.

Markus

charlie_lab · 08-11-2009, 08:22 AM

Oke,

I have another problem.
When I boot with the cd and then goto my disk.

hugesmp.s root=/dev/hdc2 rdinit= ro.

I get a message that the superblock can't be read or is corrupt.

So i go into the maintence mode and write down the parts of lilo.conf

boot=/dev/hda

image = /boot/vmlinuz
root = /dev/hdc2
label = Slackware

other = /dev/hda1
label = Vista
table = /dev/hda

I hope this is suffient for more help.

Roelof

MQMan · 08-11-2009, 09:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by charlie_lab

hdc : disk with Slackware 12.2

Quote:

Originally Posted by charlie_lab

root = /dev/hdc2

Are you sure it's the 2nd partition. Normally, if there's only one partition on a disk, it would be the 1st: /dev/hdc1.

Cheers.

charlie_lab · 08-11-2009, 10:05 AM

Hello,

yes, im sure.
hdc1 is the swap partition of 2G.

Roelof

markush · 08-11-2009, 10:18 AM

Hi again,

you should be able to install lilo on the masterbootrecord of /dev/hdc. Therefor you'll have to change boot to /dev/hdc and select hdc as the first boot-device in bios. Then the issue with the map on the other device should be repaired.

Markus

charlie_lab · 08-11-2009, 10:29 AM

oke,

I think i have to reinstall because I can't boot into slackware.
See the superblock error message.

Roelof

markush · 08-11-2009, 10:30 AM

Try booting with the installation CD and making a chroot to the slackware partition.

Markus

charlie_lab · 08-11-2009, 10:36 AM

Oke,

How do I do that?

And we have a problem.
I can't boot from the second drive.
I looked into the bios and the only choices I have is floppy, first drive, cd-player and the network card.

Roelof

markush · 08-11-2009, 11:22 AM

ok, first boot with the installation CD then after login as root mount the device with the linux partition:

Quote:

mkdir /mnt/linuxpart
mount /dev/hdc2 /mnt/linuxpart

Then do a

Quote:

chroot /mnt/linuxpart

.
You'll have a linux system with the normal slackware root-partition. There you can controll your lilo-installation. Be aware that running lilo in this environment causes a warning about the proc-file-system, but this doesn't matter.

Markus

charlie_lab · 08-11-2009, 11:28 AM

oke,

But as I said I can't boot from the second drive.
I think I have to loof for a alternative bootloader.

Roelof

markush · 08-11-2009, 11:35 AM

maybe that works (taking grub). I never experienced such an issue with lilo since I always have only one HD in my computer.

Markus

charlie_lab · 08-11-2009, 02:43 PM

Hello,

I used easybsd and installed lilo on hdc and everything is working well.
Thank you for the help.

Roelof

onebuck · 08-11-2009, 06:28 PM

Hi,

I know you state that things are solved. I wonder which service pack your Vista is, possibly SP1?

BTW, as the OP you can mark the post as [SOLVED] by using the 'Thread Tools'.

charlie_lab · 08-12-2009, 04:30 AM

Hoi,

I have Vista SP2.

Roelof