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Re: Preparing a LILO-based boot diskette
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- Subject: Re: Preparing a LILO-based boot diskette
- From: Schlomo Schapiro <schapiro(at-nospam)mobileye.com>
- Date: Sun, 30 Dec 2001 12:56:14 +0200 (IST)
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- In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.4.33.0112300457220.15393-100000@techst02.technion.ac.il>
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Best solution:
Install Lilo, boot into linux by default, start X and VMWare with the
original Windows.
They get Windows, you get Linux (e.g. X on another VC), nobody has to
reboot any more and, best of all, you'll get a faster computer after your
father complains that the system got slower (and you answer with the usual
Winblows stuff). If he won't notice it even better (in this case this
action was REALLY justified !).
:-)
Schlomo
PS: IF you have a CPU >1GHz and Windows is used for Internet & Office this
is not so much out-of-the-way (and Linux + VMWare + Resume Windows is much
faster than actually booting Windows :-)
On Sun, 30 Dec 2001, Shlomi Fish wrote:
> 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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>
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> "Wait a second - is n a natural number?"
>
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