a13x Posted August 12, 2004 Report Share Posted August 12, 2004 I have the following OSs installed on my first hard disk (40GB): WinXP & MDK 10. I'd like to install MNF on my network server but first I want to try it out on my PC. So how can I install MNF on my second hard disk (30GB) ? I ask this because it will probably want to install LILO, but in my case LILO is already installed and working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted August 12, 2004 Report Share Posted August 12, 2004 There are two things you can do: Install the new os and add the entry to lilo manually (my choice) or reinstall lilo and allow it to set itself up. Personally, a little research will tell you what the lilo entry is. I have used lilo alot, and manually add changes in the boot. the most common mistake is forgetting to run "lilo -v" after making edits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a13x Posted August 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2004 Modifying lilo.conf doesn't seem hard but how do I prevent MNF from installing lilo again, overwriting my existing one ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted August 14, 2004 Report Share Posted August 14, 2004 That I don't know, not having worked with mnf. Most installers allow the option of not installing a boot loader, at least, every other distro I have installed does that. They warn you and throw fits, but allow the install to complete without a boot loader or a boot disk. B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a13x Posted August 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2004 Ok..... I'll take a deep breath as I did before :P and try it. Hope it won't ruin the perfect dual booting I have so far. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a13x Posted August 14, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2004 Hmm, I dunno why but I get this error after I choose the mount points and click ok to format the partition (it is already ext3 but the installer insists on formating it again): "fsck failed with exit code 8 or signal 0". What does it mean ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ixthusdan Posted August 15, 2004 Report Share Posted August 15, 2004 Signal 0 is no problems found Exit code 8 is control program errors If the partitions are already formatted, why do it again? Can this part be skipped? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a13x Posted August 15, 2004 Author Report Share Posted August 15, 2004 I don't think it can be skipped. I've tried but there isn't any way around. It's just some stupid implementation in the installer. The partition is already ext3 but it wants to format in again. If the partitions are already formatted, why do it again? Don't ask me, ask the guy that designed the installer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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