Slackware installation
 

:newbie:

total noob question....

if I want to install two different distros of linux on a machine, is there a rule of thumb for installing LILO?

Case in point:

I have an old P2-350, and I have Win98SE, DamnSmallLinux and Slackware 9.1 installed on it. If I use the LILO from Slackware, it works fine, but DSL has issues with the NIC. If I use the LILO from DSL, Slackware had issues with modprobe and Xfree86.

Why?? Anyone know if there is a specific reason for this or if its just a fluke?

Setup is:
P2-350Mhz
96MB PC-100 SDRAM
/dev/hda1 - Win98SE (800MB Partition)
/dev/hda2 - DSL (500MB Partition)
/dev/hdb1 - Slackware 9.1 (2.2GB Partition)
3Com 10Mbit NIC
8MB Intel Starfighter AGP
40x CR-ROM

Anyone??

you could compare the 2 files for differences, and/or post them. i don't know of any raeson lilo.conf would affect a nic or the modprobe command. as for xfree, if affected at all should only be during boot up, via the vga = lines, depending on which ones are commented.

OK.. Here is the lilo.conf file from DSL (minus all the non-essentials).

vga=791
lba32
boot=/dev/hda
install=/boot/boot-menu.b
map=/boot/map
prompt
append="hda=scsi hdb=scsi hdc=scsi hdd=scsi hde=scsi hdf=scsi hdg=scsi hdh=scsi apm=power-off nomce"

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.22-xfs
root=/dev/hda2
label=DamnSmallLinux

image=/boot/vmlinuz
root=/dev/hdb1
label=Slackware

other=/dev/hda1
label="Win98SE"



As for the modprobe issue, when I try to boot into Slackware, it says "Can't open dependancies file /lib/modules/2.4.22-xfs/modules.dep (no such file or directory)"

what is this line for

i don't see anything that would cause the error. i'm guessing the lib did not get installed correctly. have you possibly done a kernel recompile on the slack install? i could be wrong, but, i'm thinking the problems are not related to lilo at all.

Looks like lilo is trying to boot Slackware with Damn Small Linux's kernel. Try to copy Slackware's kernel to the /boot directory under DSL with a name like vmlinuz-slackware, then for slackware's image= line, put image=/boot/vmlinuz-slackware. Then re-run lilo from DSL.