Re: Switching between 2 file systems.

[chioufd sas upenn edu (Fu-Dong Chiou)]

Wait, I am still having some problems, though.  This solved my laptop at 
work, but my home desktop (hda1=RH6.2; hda2=RH6.0) doesn't like it at 
all.  Why is it so?

Chip


Bob McClure Jr wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Mar 02, 2001 at 06:52:20PM -0500, Fu-Dong Chiou wrote:
> > I posted a problem with lilo using the same system.map even though it 
> > boots into another filesystem.  I am adding more detailed info.
> > 
> > root localhost ~#more /etc/lilo.conf
> > boot=/dev/hda
> > map=/boot/map
> > install=/boot/boot.b  
> > prompt
> > timeout=30
> > message=/boot/message
> > linear
> > default=RedHat7
> > 
> > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.16-22
> >         label=RedHat7
> >         read-only
> >         root=/dev/hda1
> > 
> 
> Assuming that the above stanza represents the currently active root
> filesystem, and the one below is the alternate, and that /dev/hda5 is
> currently mounted on, say, /rh6, then the following line
> 
> > image=/boot/vmlinuz
> 
> Should be
> 
>   image=/rh6/boot/vmlinuz
> 
> >         label=RedHat6
> >         read-only
> >         root=/dev/hda5
> > 
> > Disk /dev/hda: 240 heads, 63 sectors, 662 cylinders
> > Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 bytes
> > 
> >    Device Boot    Start       End    Blocks   Id  System
> > /dev/hda1   *         1       271   2048728+  83  Linux
> > /dev/hda2           272       661   2948400    5  Extended
> > /dev/hda5   *       272       542   2048728+  83  Linux
> > /dev/hda6           543       650    816448+  83  Linux
> > /dev/hda7           651       661     83128+  82  Linux swap
> > 
> > Appreciate any help.  Thanks!
> > 
> > Best wishes,
> > Chip 
> 
> Cheers,
> -- 
> Bob McClure, Jr.            | In theory, what works in theory
> Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.   | will work in practice.
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Best wishes,
Chip