Tri Boot XP, ML 9.0 and RH 8.0

[tvlad]

I have Win XP, Mandrake 9.0 and i decided to install Rh 8.0 to check it out.

 

When RH8 installed the bootloader (GRUB) i added an entry named Mdk 9 that pointed to hdb7, where i had installed Mdk9.But when i clicked on Mdk title in grub it wouldn't load Mdk, saying that the first sector of the partition was not bootable .

 

Then i used the Mdk 9 cd1 to put lilo back , but then it wouldn't boot into Rh8, which is installed into hdb3.I would really apreciate it if you would tell me what to put in lilo, or smth else which will accomplishes the same thing : to be able to boot XP, Mdk9, Rh8.

[qeldroma]

Ok, now the situation is Mandrake-lilo in front of all..

 

You have to think of the way, lilo boots. There is first harddisk to boot from, then a kernel, then a RAMdisk-image and then the partitition that loads the distribution.

So, you have to put the redhat-kernel and -initrd.img in the /boot path of Mandrake.

 

Rename each in lilo.conf.. Following an example:

 

boot=/dev/hda

map=/boot/map

vga=791

default=Mandrake

keytable=/boot/de-latin1.klt

compact

prompt

nowarn

timeout=30

message=/boot/message

menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw

ignore-table

 

image=/boot/Mandrake-vmlinuz

label=Mandrake

root=/dev/hda1

initrd=/boot/Mandrake-initrd.img

append="quiet devfs=nomount hdc=ide-scsi"

vga=788

read-only

 

image=/boot/Redhat-vmlinuz

label=RedHat

root=/dev/hda2

initrd=/boot/RedHat-initrd.img

append="devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi"

read-only

 

other=/dev/hda3

label=windows

table=/dev/hda

 

other=/dev/fd0

label=floppy

unsafe

 

Nothing guaranteed, hadn't this prob before with mixed grub/lilo, but this should work...

 

:roll:

[tvlad]

So what i whant to know is this : what should i write into lilo.conf so that i can boot also Rh8, which is installed on hdb7.

[tvlad]

I tried what you said but after insertin the part concerning Rh8 and putting instead of hda2, hdb3, it said there isn't such a image.

 

And one more thing, how can i change the language, because in the instalation i choose romanian, but i'm too used with the english one ?

[tvlad]

I mounted the Rh8 partiton into Mdk and i saw how vmlinuz is named in Rh8: vmlinuz-2.4.18.-14, i put that, but it still said it couldn't open it.

[qeldroma]

The language question....hum...i think it is ALWAYS english in the boot-menu?!

 

RTFM ;-) Perhaps there are some lilo-options for language....

 

Concerning Redhat i wonder if:

 

You renamed Mandrake://boot/vmlinuz to Mandrake://boot/Mandrake-vmlinuz ?

You copied the RedHat-vmlinuz to Mandrake://boot/RedHat-vmlinuz ?

You did this procedure with Mandrake://boot/initrd.img ?

 

So you got TWO vmlinuz under /boot and TWO initrd.img ?

 

??

[tvlad]

This is what pmpatrick from mandrakeuser.org said, because i posted there too :

 

 

I struggled with the same problem and came up with this solution:

 

1.Install Red Hat but do not install the bootloader; instead make a boot floppy and test to make sure you can boot into RH with it;

2. Boot into Mandrake, creat a new directory called "rhboot" at say /home/<name>/rhboot and copy the contents of the RH boot floppy to this directory;

3.Go into Mandrake Control Center>Boot.>Boot Config and press the Configure button. Press "Ok" on the drakboot window which will bring up the window for adding entries;

4.Press "Add", then "Linux" and fill in the "Image" field with: /home/<name>/rhboot/vmlinuz. Fill in the "Initrd" field with /home/<name>/rhboot/initrd.img. Root should be the partition where RH is installed (/dev/hdxx) and leave Video mode blank. Label it Red Hat and it should appear on your boot menu and boot into RH.

 

AND it works, maybe u said the same thing, but he said it in a easier way.

 

PS: i don't want to change the language of lio, i meant the language chosen during the inst of Mdk.