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Re: Preparing a LILO-based boot diskette
- To: guy keren <choo(at-nospam)actcom.co.il>
- Subject: Re: Preparing a LILO-based boot diskette
- From: Shlomi Fish <shlomif(at-nospam)techst02.technion.ac.il>
- Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 05:00:28 +0200 (IST)
- Cc: Linux-IL <linux-il(at-nospam)linux.org.il>
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- In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSU.4.30_heb2.09.0112291843420.8385-100000@actcom.co.il>
- Sender: linux-il-bounce(at-nospam)cs.huji.ac.il
On Sat, 29 Dec 2001, guy keren wrote:
>
> On Sat, 29 Dec 2001, Shlomi Fish wrote:
>
> > 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.
>
> why? just set up LILO to time-out after 3 seconds, and boot into windows
> by default - your father won't notice any difference - just tell him to
> press ENTER if he sees 'LILO:' on the screen for more then 3 seconds.
>
> but lets not get into paranoyaland now.
>
I'm not going to install LILO - period. Since the rest of my family uses
Windows, there's no point in booting Linux not through it.
> > Unfortunately, loadlin reboots the computer
> > instead of booting the Linux with the kernel and initrd file that Mandrake
> > have placed on the hard-disk.
>
> did you make sure you have a version of LILO capable of using the 32 bit
> BIOS interface, to handle large disk drives? i haven't followed on loadlin
> for a long time, so i don't know how it handles large drivers (i.e. > 1024
> cylinders, for example).
>
> however, the fct that it worked for you until now, implies you did
> something wrong with the new kernel, or that mandrake changed something,
> and you need to look for info from them.
>
I'll try.
> > 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
>
> the file itself looks ok.
>
> > 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.
>
> because you haven't realy read it carefully. please point your browser to
> http://linuxclub.il.eu.org/lectures/12/ (slides of a lecture whose title
> is 'Linux startup process - from boot till SysV init') and look at the
> 'LILO error codes' section - it might enlighten you.
>
I looked at it and in other places and it did not help me.
> > My Linux hard disk has been disabled from the BIOS, so this may be a
> > problem.
>
> what do you mean 'disabled'? meaning that the BIOS does would not
> recognize it as a valid drive? then ofcourse it won't work - LILO depends
> on some bios interfaces to access the hard disk and read data from it.
>
Bingo! Apparently, when I set up the BIOS to detect my secondary master
(the Linux disk) to AUTO instead of NONE, LILO booted the system fine.
Thanks.
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
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