Re: LILO boot disk revisited

[Kevin Colby <kevinc grainsystems com>]

Glenn Evanish wrote:
> 
> If I had a new partition to /etc/lilo.conf and then run LILO it
> adds the new setup for sure.  But this assumes that LILO is in
> the MBR or I'm using some other loader such as Boot Magic.

Whoa.  What do you mean "add a new partition to /etc/lilo.conf"?
You list your partitions in /etc/fstab.  /etc/lilo.conf is solely
for specifying the kernel and its location.

> If I boot off a floppy, though, even though I've tried "every
> trick in the book," there's now way I can get any other choices
> beyond "rescue'" from LILO.

Did you reload lilo on the floppy?
Lilo is boot loader.  Changes made to /etc/lilo.conf...

a)  ...mean nothing unless you rerun /sbin/lilo.
b)  ...won't write anything to the floppy unless you
       have the _floppy_ in you /etc/lilo.conf or
       use some command-line options to lilo.

I'm not quite sure what you're doing,
or even what you're trying to do.

	- Kevin Colby
	  kevinc grainsystems com