From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chuck Gelm Subject: Re: lilo questions....... Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 11:23:14 -0500 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <3DE0FCF2.7404875@gelm.net> References: <3B60FCE9.0E186F1F.0006BEFC@netscape.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: neil t Cc: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org neil t wrote: > > greetings and again tnx for the help--- > > >I copied an installation guide for Debian Woody 3.0, but it seems to be > >geared to setting up a server. I just want regular install. I did use it > >as a guide when I first installed Debian, and it did seem to work, but I > >did have to tweak it a bit. (any suggestions for a better installation > >guide?) Are you looking for a better Debian Woody 3.0 regular install than the one you copied? Which one did you copy? > > >When I installed it, I made a boot floppy and it worked ok, but was very > >slow. > > >>>>>"Slow" and "fast" are in the eye of the beholder, so your telling me >>>>>this is "very slow" in your opinion doesn't let me know if you are describing the normal speed of floppy-based boots or a system with a problem. > > I was describing booting from the floppy disk.... > > >>Getting the "lingo" down is less important then being careful about your > descriptions. For example, after noting at the beginning of this message > that you'd previously made a "typo", you continue to misname "lilo.conf" > "lilo.config" (unless Mandrake really does use a different name for this > file ... I know Debian still calls it lilo.conf). When asking for > configuration help, accurate reporting of the details is essential. > > whoops! yes it is "lilo.conf" ! But you never mentioned running /sbin/lilo !! > Ok, so I guess if I install Debian 3.0 or even Red Hat again, it will replace my existing bootloader but I will still have the option to make Mandrake the default. This is determined when I edit /etc/lilo.conf. ...and run /sbin/lilo. Debian/Red Hat/Mandrake are not boot loaders, per se. Perhaps those three distributions use the same boot loader. (?) You do not need to do an 'install' to change|alter a boot loader. The issue is not from which distribution a boot loader is re-written, it is what bootable partitions can be selected from the boot loader when the system is next booted. (?) > Is there a standard format for adding other linux distro's to /etc/lilo.conf? One of replies to my question explains it this way: > > "It does not really make any differance which system installed lilo, the > secret is mounting all your disks/partitions where "lilo" can reach them all in one go, you can define any partition "in use or not" as long as it is mounted. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ So, if all the partitions you want to choose to boot from are mounted, run /sbin/lilo. HTH, Chuck - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs