Guest GorGor Posted October 18, 2003 Report Share Posted October 18, 2003 hmm, I have a small drive, among other small things like brains heh heh. I found this at another site /etc/lilo.conf prompt timeout=50 default=2.4.20-20.9 boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b restricted message=/boot/message lba32 image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-20.9 label=2.4.20-20.9 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.20-20.9.img read-only append="hdc=ide-scsi root=/dev/hda6" other=/dev/hda2 optional label=WinXP I am interested in anyone wishing to post their lilo or grub files here as I intend to stick them in my post on grub lilo tips post, so others can steal your files and maybe help them out? (quest TWO) I have been thinking about Steve's (and others ) post about edit the fstab file, and I deliberately ignored that tip as you have to use vim in rescue mode. Or is there another editor? ok? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paleo Posted October 18, 2003 Report Share Posted October 18, 2003 A lilo.conf for multiple booting three different distros and windows. A lot of people seem to have difficulties figuring out how to set up lilo.conf for multiple booting different installations of linux. The trick is to mount the / partition (or /boot if you have a separate /boot partition) to somewhere in the directory tree of the distro from which you will run lilo. In my case, I mount the / of Slack under /Slack and the / of Knoppix under /KNOPPIX and then run lilo inside mandrake. (It also has the options to boot with the old kernel and with ide-scsi on or off) boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map vga=normal default="linux" keytable=/boot/us.klt prompt nowarn timeout=100 message=/boot/message menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-0.25mdkcustom2 label=linux root=/dev/hda6 read-only optional vga=normal append="quiet devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi apm=on acpi=off" initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.21-0.25mdkcustom2.img image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-0.25mdkcustom2 label=linux-nonscsi root=/dev/hda6 read-only vga=normal append="quiet devfs=mount apm=on acpi=off" initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.21-0.25mdkcustom2.img image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-0.13mdk label=linux-mdk root=/dev/hda6 read-only optional vga=788 append="quiet devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi acpi=off" initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.21-0.13mdk.img image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-0.13mdk label="failsafe" root=/dev/hda6 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.21-0.13mdk.img append="failsafe devfs=nomount hdc=ide-scsi acpi=off" read-only image=/KNOPPIX/boot/vmlinuz label=Knoppix root=/dev/hda14 append="devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi acpi=off" image=/Slack/boot/vmlinuz-ide-2.4.22 label=Slack root=/dev/hda13 #initrd=/Slack/boot/initrd-2.4.21-0.13mdk.img append="devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi acpi=off" read-only other=/dev/hda1 label="windows" table=/dev/hda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james Posted October 18, 2003 Report Share Posted October 18, 2003 Dual boot with windows, booting in windows will also dual boot to 2 other flavors. "lba32" was an addition as per the "animate lilo" thread by MottS. timeout changed to 30 sec to fully enjoy the animation :) . default windows as my wife uses winfax. the other items such as failsafe, etc are still there as my son sometimes use it (10 year old curiosity?). boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map lba32 vga=normal default="windows" keytable=/boot/us.klt prompt nowarn timeout=300 message=/boot/xray-blue.boot menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw image=/boot/vmlinuz label="linux" root=/dev/hda8 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="quiet devfs=mount acpi=off" vga=788 read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label="linux-nonfb" root=/dev/hda8 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="devfs=mount acpi=off" read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label="failsafe" root=/dev/hda8 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="failsafe devfs=nomount acpi=off" read-only other=/dev/hda1 label="windows" table=/dev/hda other=/dev/fd0 label="floppy" unsafe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kuchwas Posted October 18, 2003 Report Share Posted October 18, 2003 (quest TWO)I have been thinking about Steve's (and others ) post about edit the fstab file, and I deliberately ignored that tip as you have to use vim in rescue mode. Or is there another editor? ok? nano, nano, nano :wink: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmpatrick Posted October 20, 2003 Report Share Posted October 20, 2003 Don't forget midnight commander(mc). :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Scrimpshire Posted October 20, 2003 Report Share Posted October 20, 2003 Oh yeah....forgot about mc. That was my favorite when I was afraid of the commandline stuff. I'll show you my lilo, but it's not much to look at: boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map default="linux-9.2rc2" keytable=/boot/us.klt prompt nowarn timeout=100 message=/boot/message menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw image=/boot/vmlinuz label="linux" root=/dev/hda1 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi acpi=off quiet" vga=788 read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label="linux-nonfb" root=/dev/hda1 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="devfs=mount hdd=ide-scsi acpi=off" read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label="failsafe" root=/dev/hda1 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="devfs=nomount hdd=ide-scsi acpi=off failsafe" read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.22-10mdk-i686-up-4GB label="linux-9.2rc2" root=/dev/hda1 read-only optional vga=788 append="devfs=mount ide0=ata133 idebus=133 hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi acpi=off quiet" initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.22-10mdk-i686-up-4GB.img Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalek Posted October 20, 2003 Report Share Posted October 20, 2003 Here's my lilo.conf. I have Mandrake 9.1 and Gentoo 1.4. boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map vga=normal default="linux" keytable=/boot/us.klt prompt nowarn timeout=100 message=/boot/message menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw image=/boot/vmlinuz label="linux" root=/dev/hda6 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="quiet devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi acpi=off" vga=788 read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label="linux-nonfb" root=/dev/hda6 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi acpi=off" read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label="failsafe" root=/dev/hda6 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="failsafe devfs=nomount hdc=ide-scsi acpi=off" read-only image=/boot/bzImage label=gentoo read-only root=/dev/hda10 other=/dev/fd0 label="floppy" unsafe Hope that helps a bit. Please post a link to what you are writing. We may need to point to it on occasion. :D :D :D :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Qchem Posted October 20, 2003 Report Share Posted October 20, 2003 My mandrake lilo.conf is boring, however you might find my redhat8 grub/menu.lst helpfull # grub.conf generated by anaconda # # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file # NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg. # root (hd0,1) # kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda9 # initrd /initrd-version.img #boot=/dev/hda default=0 timeout=10 splashimage=(hd0,1)/grub/splash.xpm.gz title Grant Hat Linux (2.4.18) root (hd0,1) kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.18-g ro hdc=ide-scsi vga=0x318 idebus=66 title Red Hat Linux (2.4.18-18.8.0) root (hd0,1) kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.18-18.8.0 ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi initrd /initrd-2.4.18-18.8.0.img title Red Hat Linux (2.4.18-14) root (hd0,1) kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.18-14 ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi initrd /initrd-2.4.18-14.img title Win XP Pro rootnoverify (hd0,0) chainloader +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest GorGor Posted October 21, 2003 Report Share Posted October 21, 2003 good stuff Mdk users. umm Qchem, if you care to reply, I thought grub did not need to be told you had an scsi versus an IDE. I notice an append line in your grub file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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