Lando Posted February 2, 2006 Report Share Posted February 2, 2006 I' m afraid this your topic is wrong >>>>>> https://mandrivausers.org/index.php?showtopic=5082 The distro that have only the root partition are linked.... not the distro (like Mandriva) that have also a boot partition ! Have you tried ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidzoo Posted February 2, 2006 Report Share Posted February 2, 2006 You can set up lilo, or grub for that matter, to boot any distro you wish. It doesn't matter if there is a /boot partition or if boot is a directory in the root partition. As long as whichever distro is your primary (ie, the distro that lilo is loading from when you boot) has the other /boot partition(s) or root partitions if /boot is a directory and not a separate partition loaded and mounted on-boot in the fstab. I have done it with gentoo, mandrake(pre and post name change) and red hat all booting from the same lilo. Unless, of course, I misunderstood your statement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lando Posted February 2, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2006 (edited) Unless, of course, I misunderstood your statement. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You have get right . Below my attempt.... [root@localhost lando]# cat /etc/lilo.conf default="linux" boot=/dev/fd0 map=/boot/map keytable=/boot/it-latin1.klt menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw prompt nowarn timeout=100 message=/boot/message image=/boot/vmlinuz label="MANDRIVA" root=/dev/hdb12 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append=" acpi=ht resume=/dev/hdb11" other=/dev/hda1 label="windows" table=/dev/hda image=/mnt/hdb7//boot/vmlinuz-2.6.3-7mdk label="MANDRAKE" root=/dev/hdb7 initrd=/mnt/hdb7//boot/initrd-2.6.3-7mdk.img append="devfs=mount acpi=ht resume=/dev/hdb6" read-only [root@localhost lando]# lilo -t -v LILO version 22.6.1 (test mode), Copyright © 1992-1998 Werner Almesberger Development beyond version 21 Copyright © 1999-2004 John Coffman Released 17-Nov-2004, and compiled at 14:16:24 on Sep 12 2005 Reading boot sector from /dev/fd0 Using GRAPHIC secondary loader Calling map_insert_data Mapping message file /boot/message -> message-graphic Calling map_insert_file Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-2.6.12-12mdk Mapping RAM disk /boot/initrd.img -> initrd-2.6.12-12mdk.img Added MANDRIVA Boot other: /dev/hda1, on /dev/hda, loader CHAIN Added windows Boot image: /mnt/hdb7//boot/vmlinuz-2.6.3-7mdk Fatal: open /mnt/hdb7//boot/vmlinuz-2.6.3-7mdk: No such file or directory >>>>> OF Course there is this Kernel .... my doubts are on the directory..... An attempt done to link Knoppix that have only the root partition was OK... PS- Of course /mnt/hdb7 is mounted ........... Edited February 2, 2006 by Lando Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidzoo Posted February 3, 2006 Report Share Posted February 3, 2006 (edited) I'm not so sure the extra / is necessary image=/mnt/hdb7//boot/vmlinuz-2.6.3-7mdk label="MANDRAKE" root=/dev/hdb7 initrd=/mnt/hdb7//boot/initrd-2.6.3-7mdk.img If you remove it, everything should be fine. Just to verify, you say /mnt/hdb7 is mounted, have you verified that the boot/ folder is there and the filenames are correct as well? Just a thought to make sure all bases are covered. If everything is right in terms of paths and filenames, this should work for your Mandrake entry: image=/mnt/hdb7/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.3-7mdk label="MANDRAKE" root=/dev/hdb7 initrd=/mnt/hdb7/boot/initrd-2.6.3-7mdk.img append="devfs=mount acpi=ht resume=/dev/hdb6" read-only Edit I also notice that you have default="linux" In there, but no entry labeled "linux". You also have boot=/dev/fd0, which tells me that this is booting from a floppy, right? Edited February 3, 2006 by liquidzoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lando Posted February 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2006 Thanks for your reply. It still doesn't work also after your advices.... The log below shows the link to Knoppix working (no matter extra slash...) and Mandrake link not. SORRY if it is a bit long.. [root@localhost lando]# cat /etc/lilo.conf boot=/dev/fd0 map=/boot/map keytable=/boot/it-latin1.klt menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw prompt nowarn timeout=100 message=/boot/message image=/boot/vmlinuz label="MANDRIVA" root=/dev/hdb12 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append=" acpi=ht resume=/dev/hdb11" other=/dev/hda1 label="windows" table=/dev/hda image=/mnt/hdb9//boot/vmlinuz-2.4.27 label="KNOPPIX" root=/dev/hdb9 initrd=/mnt/hdb9//boot/initrd.img-2.4.27 append="ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init apm=power-off nomce quiet lang=it" read-only image=/mnt/hdb7/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.3-7mdk label="MANDRAKE" root=/dev/hdb7 initrd=/mnt/hdb7/boot/initrd-2.6.3-7mdk.img append="devfs=mount acpi=ht resume=/dev/hdb6" read-only [root@localhost lando]# lilo -t -v LILO version 22.6.1 (test mode), Copyright © 1992-1998 Werner Almesberger Development beyond version 21 Copyright © 1999-2004 John Coffman Released 17-Nov-2004, and compiled at 14:16:24 on Sep 12 2005 Reading boot sector from /dev/fd0 Using GRAPHIC secondary loader Calling map_insert_data Mapping message file /boot/message -> message-graphic Calling map_insert_file Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-2.6.12-12mdk Mapping RAM disk /boot/initrd.img -> initrd-2.6.12-12mdk.img Added MANDRIVA Boot other: /dev/hda1, on /dev/hda, loader CHAIN Added windows Boot image: /mnt/hdb9//boot/vmlinuz-2.4.27 Mapping RAM disk /mnt/hdb9//boot/initrd.img-2.4.27 Added KNOPPIX Boot image: /mnt/hdb7/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.3-7mdk Fatal: open /mnt/hdb7/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.3-7mdk: No such file or directory BELOW I TRY TO SEE IF /BOOT HAS ENTRIES........hdb7 is MANDRAKE root partition [lando@localhost hdb7]$ ls -l totale 160 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 giu 3 2004 bin/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 giu 3 2004 boot/ drwxr-xr-x 25 root root 94208 dic 24 18:12 dev/ drwxr-xr-x 71 root root 4096 feb 3 05:05 etc/ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 feb 3 05:05 halt drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 gen 25 13:32 home/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 giu 3 2004 initrd/ drwxr-xr-x 13 root root 4096 feb 3 04:59 lib/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 lug 8 2004 merda/ drwxr-xr-x 11 root root 4096 gen 7 20:52 mnt/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 gen 5 2004 opt/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 giu 3 2004 proc/ drwx------ 21 root root 4096 feb 3 05:05 root/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 ago 23 2004 sbin/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 gen 5 2004 sys/ drwxrwxrwt 28 root root 4096 feb 3 05:05 tmp/ drwxr-xr-x 15 root root 4096 dic 28 19:56 usr/ drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 4096 ago 23 2004 var/ [lando@localhost hdb7]$ cd /mnt/hdb7/boot [lando@localhost boot]$ ls -l total 0 The BOOT ENTRIES CAN BE SEEN....IN THE BOOT PARTITION hdb5 ..... [lando@localhost boot]$ cd /mnt/hdb5 [lando@localhost hdb5]$ ls -l total 7928 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 lug 29 2004 boot.0200 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 giu 3 2004 boot.0300 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 feb 3 04:58 config -> config-2.6.3-7mdk -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 54087 mar 17 2004 config-2.6.3-7mdk drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 giu 2 2004 dev/ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5032 feb 19 2004 diag1.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 16796 feb 19 2004 diag2.img drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 giu 2 2004 etc/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 giu 3 2004 grub/ drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 giu 2 2004 home/ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 104776 giu 3 2004 initrd-2.6.3-7mdk.img -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 104117 ago 4 2004 initrd-2.6.3-patch2.img lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 giu 3 2004 initrd.img -> initrd-2.6.3-7mdk.img lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 25 feb 3 04:59 kernel.h -> /boot/kernel.h-2.6.3-7mdk -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 537 giu 3 2004 kernel.h-2.6.3-7mdk -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 537 lug 31 2004 kernel.h-2.6.3-patch1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 537 ago 4 2004 kernel.h-2.6.3-patch2 -rw------- 1 root root 75264 feb 1 04:26 map lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 15 giu 3 2004 message -> message-graphic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 442273 feb 19 2004 message-graphic -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 116 giu 3 2004 message-text drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 giu 2 2004 mnt/ drwx------ 4 root root 4096 giu 2 2004 root/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 21 ott 30 01:49 System.map -> System.map-2.6.3-7mdk -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 898908 mar 17 2004 System.map-2.6.3-7mdk -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 910504 lug 30 2004 System.map.2.6.3-patch1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 910504 ago 4 2004 System.map-2.6.3-patch2 drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 giu 2 2004 tmp/ -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 256 giu 3 2004 us.klt drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 giu 2 2004 var/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 giu 3 2004 vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-2.6.3-7mdk -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1440198 mar 17 2004 vmlinuz-2.6.3-7mdk -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1507665 lug 30 2004 vmlinuz-2.6.3-patch1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1507663 ago 4 2004 vmlinuz-2.6.3-patch2 THEN I TRY TO MAKE LILO WORKING WITH hdb5 (boot partition)...... BUT STILL FAILS......... [root@localhost lando]# cat /etc/lilo.conf boot=/dev/fd0 map=/boot/map keytable=/boot/it-latin1.klt menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw prompt nowarn timeout=100 message=/boot/message image=/boot/vmlinuz label="MANDRIVA" root=/dev/hdb12 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append=" acpi=ht resume=/dev/hdb11" other=/dev/hda1 label="windows" table=/dev/hda image=/mnt/hdb9//boot/vmlinuz-2.4.27 label="KNOPPIX" root=/dev/hdb9 initrd=/mnt/hdb9//boot/initrd.img-2.4.27 append="ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init apm=power-off nomce quiet lang=it" read-only image=/mnt/hdb5/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.3-7mdk label="MANDRAKE" root=/dev/hdb7 initrd=/mnt/hdb5/boot/initrd-2.6.3-7mdk.img append="devfs=mount acpi=ht resume=/dev/hdb6" read-only [root@localhost lando]# lilo -t -v LILO version 22.6.1 (test mode), Copyright © 1992-1998 Werner Almesberger Development beyond version 21 Copyright © 1999-2004 John Coffman Released 17-Nov-2004, and compiled at 14:16:24 on Sep 12 2005 Reading boot sector from /dev/fd0 Using GRAPHIC secondary loader Calling map_insert_data Mapping message file /boot/message -> message-graphic Calling map_insert_file Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-2.6.12-12mdk Mapping RAM disk /boot/initrd.img -> initrd-2.6.12-12mdk.img Added MANDRIVA Boot other: /dev/hda1, on /dev/hda, loader CHAIN Added windows Boot image: /mnt/hdb9//boot/vmlinuz-2.4.27 Mapping RAM disk /mnt/hdb9//boot/initrd.img-2.4.27 Added KNOPPIX Boot image: /mnt/hdb5/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.3-7mdk Fatal: open /mnt/hdb5/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.3-7mdk: No such file or directory Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lando Posted February 3, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 3, 2006 Giving phisical path ( mnt/hdb5/vmlinuz-2.6.3-7mdk ) everything works......Do you see possible problem ? [root@localhost lando]# cat /etc/lilo.conf boot=/dev/fd0 map=/boot/map keytable=/boot/it-latin1.klt menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw prompt nowarn timeout=100 message=/boot/message image=/boot/vmlinuz label="MANDRIVA" root=/dev/hdb12 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append=" acpi=ht resume=/dev/hdb11" other=/dev/hda1 label="windows" table=/dev/hda image=/mnt/hdb9//boot/vmlinuz-2.4.27 label="KNOPPIX" root=/dev/hdb9 initrd=/mnt/hdb9//boot/initrd.img-2.4.27 append="ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init apm=power-off nomce quiet lan g=it" read-only image=/mnt/hdb5/vmlinuz-2.6.3-7mdk label="MANDRAKE" root=/dev/hdb7 initrd=/mnt/hdb5/initrd-2.6.3-7mdk.img append="devfs=mount acpi=ht resume=/dev/hdb6" [root@localhost lando]# lilo -v LILO version 22.6.1, Copyright © 1992-1998 Werner Almesberger Development beyond version 21 Copyright © 1999-2004 John Coffman Released 17-Nov-2004, and compiled at 14:16:24 on Sep 12 2005 Reading boot sector from /dev/fd0 Using GRAPHIC secondary loader Calling map_insert_data Mapping message file /boot/message -> message-graphic Calling map_insert_file Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-2.6.12-12mdk Mapping RAM disk /boot/initrd.img -> initrd-2.6.12-12mdk.img Added MANDRIVA * Boot other: /dev/hda1, on /dev/hda, loader CHAIN Added windows Boot image: /mnt/hdb9//boot/vmlinuz-2.4.27 Mapping RAM disk /mnt/hdb9//boot/initrd.img-2.4.27 Added KNOPPIX Boot image: /mnt/hdb5/vmlinuz-2.6.3-7mdk Mapping RAM disk /mnt/hdb5/initrd-2.6.3-7mdk.img Added MANDRAKE Writing boot sector. /boot/boot.0200 exists - no boot sector backup copy made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidzoo Posted February 5, 2006 Report Share Posted February 5, 2006 My guess is that /boot is a separate partition on your Mandrake install, right? So, knowing that, it makes sense that using /mnt/hdb5/vmlinuz-2.6.3-7mdk would work. Either way, I'm glad you got it working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lando Posted February 6, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2006 My guess is that /boot is a separate partition on your Mandrake install, right? So, knowing that, it makes sense that using /mnt/hdb5/vmlinuz-2.6.3-7mdk would work. Either way, I'm glad you got it working. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> OK, ...this was my initial assumption...this is why I was saying that " BL-02 " is wrong..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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