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Re: Preparing a LILO-based boot diskette



On Sat, 29 Dec 2001, Omer Zak wrote:

> Hello Shlomi,
> 1. How did you invoke lilo (the program) to create the boot diskette?

I "su"'ed into root and typed "/sbin/lilo -c" at the command line.

Regards,

	Shlomi Fish

> 2. In my PC, disabling an hard disk from the BIOS does not prevent Linux
>    from working with it, once it has already booted.  YMMV (with other
>    computer brands), however.
>                                                       --- Omer
>
> On Sat, 29 Dec 2001, Shlomi Fish wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi and Shabat Shalom.
> >
> > I installed kernel 2.4.16.11mdk (from Mandrake Cooker) on my Linux
> > installation. It did not replace the old kernel but rather I have both
> > version installed. I'd like to boot it instead.
> >
> > My father would kill me if I'll replace the Win98's MBR boot loader with
> > LILO, so I'm using loadlin. Unfortunately, loadlin reboots the computer
> > instead of booting the Linux with the kernel and initrd file that Mandrake
> > have placed on the hard-disk.
> >
> > I decided to try and install LILO on a floppy which will boot the kernel
> > from there. I used the following lilo.conf file:
> >
> > boot=/dev/fd0
> > map=/boot/map
> > install=/boot/boot.b
> > vga=normal
> > default=linux-2.4.16-11
> > #keytable=/boot/us.klt
> > #lba32
> > prompt
> > timeout=50
> > #message=/boot/message
> > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.16-11mdk
> >     label=linux-2.4.16-11
> >     root=/dev/hdc5
> >     initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.16-11mdk.img
> >     append=" devfs=mount"
> >     read-only
> >
> > However, when I place the floppy in the floppy drive and reboot the
> > machine an "L" is displayed" and then the number "01" consecutively. I
> > checked the LILO documentation, but I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.
> >
> > My Linux hard disk has been disabled from the BIOS, so this may be a
> > problem.
>
>
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