Will LILO handle 15 partitions?
Any LILO lovers out there?
I use a 120GIG split in 12 and a 15GIG whole. Right now I use OSL2000 to select which OS at bootup. Before I install LILO, I wanna make sure I can put things back to the way they were if need be. Is LILO better and will it effect windoze? Will all partitions be displayed on the menu? Will it install on hda15 or hda1? Is it easy to get off, or must you format? Here's what I got: WindozeXP on hda1 Others on hda5-14 Slackware 9.1 on hda15 WindozeME on hdb1 Will this work. Thanks, John. :D |
WHY IN THE WORLD DO YOU NEED FIFTEEN PARTITIONS?
Generally it should be no problem as you can choose the partition slackware will be installed on. However it is recommended that you use a primary partition for it. Post some more information on your partitioning table when you want more help. |
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http://classes.csumb.edu/CST/CST434-.../DualBoot.html Good luck. P.S. If you already have WinXP, ME, and "Others" installed, it's always a good idea to create a recent backup before mucking with partitions. |
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Lilo cannot be used to boot NT/2K/XP ?? strange, because i used it to dual boot between slackware and WindowsXP. I had no problems with it at all. the winxp was on a ntfs partition. |
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I've always used LILO to dual boot between slack and Win2K and now WinXP. Was never a problem. Just install it on the MBR while installing slack.
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Thank you all . . .
I activated LILO. here's my customized lilo.conf: boot="/dev/hda" lba32 prompt timeout="100" root=/dev/hda15 default=WindowsXP image="/boot/vmlinuz" label="Slackware 9.1" root="/dev/hda15" read-only image="/dev/hda1" label="WindowsXP" root="/dev/hda1" image="/dev/hdb1" label="WindowsME" root="/dev/hdb1" Problem is what I want to appear in the menu does not. I don't see WindowsME or Slackware 9.1, how come? This should apper in menu: Linux WindowsME WindowsXP (default) How to get this to appear? Thanks, John. |
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image=............ directives are wrong An image directive is associated with the PATH to a kernel image - not the device name of a partition that a non-Linux OS resides on - you need to use : other = /dev/hda1 table = /dev/hda label = "WindowsXP" etc etc etc for non-Linux OS's |
Followed your instruction and all appears the same as before.
And, I still get these phantom menu items. "hda1 + hdb1" Here is my LILO boot-up menu: ------------------------------- WindowsXP | hdb1 | Slackware9.1 | | hda1 | | WindowsMWE | | ------------------------------- How to get rid of the phantoms? Thanks, John. |
So here's my lilo.conf. I'll use <-- to indicate what a line does.
Now I may not be 100% correct on all the details. Code:
# Start LILO global section (1) - I've never actually put LILO anywhere else. Also of note, when you install LILO, it makes a backup of the existing MBR. man lilo will tell you the filename. Keep this for rescue purposes. (2) - The image path is relative to your current root when you actually run the lilo command. If you want to reference a diffent linux install, you need to mount the partition that contains /boot for that install, then make a reference to that kernel image in your lilo.conf Hope this helps. It's also good to have a live CD or something for rescue purposes. |
dufferin - After you edit the lilo.conf file, you need to run the lilo program: /sbin/lilo That will apply any updates you've made. -- J.W.
Also, I've always installed lilo to the MBR too, and I've never had any trouble whatsoever with dual booting between Slack and XP on any of my machines. Just to be sure to install Windows first, then Linux. If you do it the other way around, Windows will overwrite the MBR, effectively killing your Linux install. |
THANKS J.W.!
I ran the LILO command and it listed what was added . . . All is well now. Lilo always was a pain in the @*&. John. "My wife checked her email with Linux and didn't even know it!" |
You're welcome dufferin, I'm glad my post turned out to be useful. Regards -- J.W.
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