[Tfug] Dual boot

[Keith Smith]

Glen, Paul,Yan,Chris

Thanks for your help.

I found the simplest way to correct the problem being I had done some
install was to,

1) Rescue into Mandrake and update lilo with other=/dev/hde8 and
another line label=Debian.  Then I ran lilo.  A reboot and I was able
to boot into Mandrake and Win2000.
2) Rescue into Debian and modified the boot=/dev/hda to
boot=/dev/hda8. Then I ran lilo.

After rebooting I was able to select Win2000, Mandrake, and Debian
from the lilo prompt.

Thanks again for everyones help.

Keith




----- Original Message -----
From: <Zardus@nbwrpg.com>
To: <tfug@tfug.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 12:31 AM
Subject: Re: [Tfug] Dual boot linuxs


> On Mon, 3 Jun 2002, Keith Smith wrote:
>
> > Hi it is me again.
> >
> > I've loaded Win2000 in hda1 & hda5
> > hda6 is swap
> > /home is hda7
> > hda8 is / for Debian
> > hda9 is / for Mandrake
> > Both will boot however I cannot figure out how to reference both
in
> > one lilo.conf.
> >
> > What I did was install Mandrake to dual boot with win2000 and it
did.
> >
> > Then I installed Debian and got it to dual boot with Win2000.  I
could
> > not boot into Mandrake.
> >
> > I rescued into mandrake and ran lilo and can dual boot
win/mandrake.
> >
> > When I mod lilo.config on either side I can not get it to
recognize
> > the other Linux.
> >
> > Is there a simple howto someplace?
>
> I run about 5 different Linux Distros (Debian, Gentoo, Mandrake,
SuSE, and
> an odd one or two from time to time), and here's what I do:
>
> The distro I boot into the most (Debian) has a lilo.conf that has
boot
> options for the Debian stuff, and then other sections (ie,
> other=/dev/hde5) for other distros. Those other distros install
their boot
> records into the partitions that they're installed on, and Debian
installs
> into the MBR.
>
> So when the comp boots, it boots Debian's lilo config, and then I
have the
> choice of going to the other distros' boot records. Its a good setup
if
> you're gonna mess with boot configs for independent distros and
don't want
> to touch the settings of the others.
>
>
> Tell me if I make no sense. Its 1am.
>
> - Yan
>
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