stupid lilo question

Brian Hessee gasp at runbox.com
Fri Dec 7 15:13:45 PST 2001


> > Uh, can anybody pop out an example of a lilo config file for having two
> > different linux distros, on two different partitions?  I'm trying to run
> > rh7.1 on one partition, slackware on a second partition.  Right now I'm
> > stuck using a floppy to boot to the mandrake partition, which I'm worried
> > about failing.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > -Charles
> > 
> > ---
> 
just as a footnonte to this, you should probably be loaded into the MBR. i forgot 
to mention that earlier...

multitasking: screwing up bunches of things at once...

> ok, i'm doing this from memory and i'm on a NT box ( damned military ) but shouldn't
> it just be something along the lines of
> 
> label = redhat
> image = /vmlinuz
>   root = /dev/hd(w/e rh is ) 
>   blah 
> read-only blah blah blah
> 
> label=slackware
> image = /vmlinuz
>   root = /dev/hd( w/e slack is)
>   blah blah blah
> read only
> 
> ad naseum etc....then just rerun lilo and it might work? 
> 
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