Subj : LILO and 2nd Drive
To   : Fornow
From : Angus Mcleod
Date : Sun Jun 05 2005 10:41 am

  Re: LILO and 2nd Drive
  By: Fornow to All on Sun Jun 05 2005 03:53:00

 > Has anyone had any success getting LILO to
 > see a Linux system on their second drive?

Of course.

 > I have vector Linux on hda and Gentoo on
 > hdb, and I can't figure out how to point
 > LILO to the kernel image in hdb1.

Show us your /etc/lilo.conf file, please.

Basically, you need to create a separate image section, and place a root 
directive in it, pointing to the partition you want to use.
 
 > Or do I need to use another boot loader,
 > like Grub?

No, not necessary.  You're going to need something like this:

	# boot-loader on first H/D
	boot = /dev/hda
	# first image
	image = /vmlinuz
	  root = /dev/hda1
	  label = Vector
	  read-only
	# second image
	image = /vmlinuz
	  root = /dev/hdb1
          label = Gentoo
	  read-only

That is incomplete -- you'll need some stuff from the global section as 
well.  Essentially, what you need is what ever your current /etc/lilo.conf 
looks like, with an extra section for the extra image added at the bottom.  
Then you can modify your boot_message.txt to give you a nice, apropriate 
boot menu.


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