Re: lilo support for multiple linux distributions

Linux mailing list user (linux@windows95.sucks.eu.org)
Mon, 22 Jun 1998 19:06:51 +0200 (CEST)


On Mon, 22 Jun 1998, Harry Ronis wrote:

> may not be the right place to ask, but more than likely the place where
> an accurate response will be given. Up and running with two current
> distributions of linux. hdb --> slackware kernel 2.1.106
> hdc --> redhat5.1
> Trying to get lilo to enable boot to either. Can't do it from either side.
> On the slack side /sbin/lilo creates correct ptrs to slack kernels on
> hdb but cant locate rh51 /boot/vmlinuz,
> on the rh51 side, vice versa, can get to rh51 kernels but not slackware.

Sure - because they're on different filesystems.
Try this (from Slackware):

mount -t ext2 /dev/hdc /mnt
Edit lilo.conf to load RedHat as /mnt/boot/vmlinuz rather than /boot/vmlinuz
lilo

LLaP
bero

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