Re: RH 6.0 & other Linux, Multi-boot

[Bob McClure Jr <robertmcclure earthlink net>]

On Sun, Dec 01, 2002 at 06:07:08PM -0500, Technoslick wrote:
> I finally got around to adding RH 6.1, after loading TL 3.0.1, about a week
> ago. This time, I must have walked away from the RH installation for too
> long because when I came back, I only remember being asked to make a boot
> floppy and then I was done. I never got asked where I wanted the booting
> process to be controlled from, and this in an 'expert' install!
> 
> Because I was never asked to place LILO in the MBR, it appears that only
> with the boot disk can I get into RH. The systems boots normally only with
> Turbo Linux. I played around with modifying lilo.conf on the TL drive, but
> every time I tried to update LILO, it told me it could not see the RH
> partitions on the second drive.

Is it mounted?

> So.....I looked at my dual-boot XP/Mandrake
> system and think now that I am seeing the path to take on this one. I can
> either load System Commander (which I have) and let it deal with the boot
> choice, or I can continue on hacking away at this. If I continue, it appears
> that I will need to mount the RH partition (located on the second drive) in
> fstab to give LILO a point of reference in lilo.conf.

That is correct.  Well, actually you need to mount it only long
enough to run lilo, so it doesn't need to be in fstab, but it does
need to be mounted when lilo runs.

> If I can get LILO to
> recognize both drives, I should be able to dual-boot, or at least move on to
> the next set of inequities.
> 
> Any comments? I can give you the address for sympathy cards, if need be...
> 
> Thanks for you help,
> 
> T

You don't need commercial stuff to do this.  Pick the lilo.conf you
want to work with, and post it and your partition tables, and we'll
craft you a dual-boot lilo.conf.

Cheers,
-- 
Bob McClure, Jr.             Bobcat Open Systems, Inc.
robertmcclure earthlink net  http://www.cumbytel.com/~bobcatos/
Linux: because I want to get there today.  Without rebooting.