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From: Robert Rappaport on 15 Jan 2007 18:23 Hi, I have a Dell D520 laptop with Slackware 10.2 and a 2.6.19 kernel. This laptop and the 2.6 kernel recognize the hard drive as device sda. I would like to set /etc/lilo.conf up to boot from the root superblock in /dev/sda6 which is my / partition. I have been able to boot with "boot = /dev/sda" but when I try "boot = /dev/sda6" I get the message "Fatal: raid_setup: stat ( "/dev/sda6" )". I have "root = /dev/sda6" line in my Linux bootable partion configuration section. I have changed all of my entries in /etc/fstab to sda. How can I establish /dev/sda6 for lilo to boot? Bob
From: Bradley Reed on 15 Jan 2007 18:44 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 17:23:30 -0600, Robert Rappaport wrote: > > I have a Dell D520 laptop with Slackware 10.2 and a 2.6.19 kernel. This > laptop and the 2.6 kernel recognize the hard drive as device sda. I > would like to set /etc/lilo.conf up to boot from the root superblock in > /dev/sda6 which is my / partition. I have been able to boot with "boot >= /dev/sda" but when I try "boot = /dev/sda6" I get the message > "Fatal: raid_setup: stat ( "/dev/sda6" )". I have "root = /dev/sda6" > line in my Linux bootable partion configuration section. I have changed > all of my entries in /etc/fstab to sda. > > How can I establish /dev/sda6 for lilo to boot? > I think you are mixing boot= and root= boot= points to where lilo was installed, and it looks like you installed to Master Boot Record at /dev/sda. To change this you'll need to re-run lilo with the right options (-b /dev/sda6 possibly, but man lilo to be safe.) root= points to where / is and should match your /etc/fstab entry On my Dell D620 with Slackware 11 and a 2.6.19.2 kernel an excerpt from my lilo.conf: # Start LILO global section boot = /dev/sda <snip> image = /boot/2.6.19.2/vmlinuz root = /dev/sda6 label = 2.6.19.2 read-only HTH, Brad -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iD8DBQFFrBiUkDp4KjYna1ARAv3WAJ0YyHwBOBE2/EiXpEYmCLfy1J9XmACgiNN5 +NNgbBfXcreypLUGIlMwUak= =zfcb -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
From: Robert Rappaport on 16 Jan 2007 17:38 Bradley Reed wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Mon, 15 Jan 2007 17:23:30 -0600, Robert Rappaport wrote: > >>I have a Dell D520 laptop with Slackware 10.2 and a 2.6.19 kernel. This >>laptop and the 2.6 kernel recognize the hard drive as device sda. I >>would like to set /etc/lilo.conf up to boot from the root superblock in >>/dev/sda6 which is my / partition. I have been able to boot with "boot >>= /dev/sda" but when I try "boot = /dev/sda6" I get the message >>"Fatal: raid_setup: stat ( "/dev/sda6" )". I have "root = /dev/sda6" >>line in my Linux bootable partion configuration section. I have changed >>all of my entries in /etc/fstab to sda. >> >>How can I establish /dev/sda6 for lilo to boot? >> > > > I think you are mixing boot= and root= > boot= points to where lilo was installed, and it looks like you > installed to Master Boot Record at /dev/sda. To change this you'll > need to re-run lilo with the right options (-b /dev/sda6 possibly, > but man lilo to be safe.) > > root= points to where / is and should match your /etc/fstab entry > > On my Dell D620 with Slackware 11 and a 2.6.19.2 kernel an excerpt > from my lilo.conf: > > # Start LILO global section > boot = /dev/sda > <snip> > image = /boot/2.6.19.2/vmlinuz > root = /dev/sda6 > label = 2.6.19.2 > read-only > > HTH, > Brad > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > iD8DBQFFrBiUkDp4KjYna1ARAv3WAJ0YyHwBOBE2/EiXpEYmCLfy1J9XmACgiNN5 > +NNgbBfXcreypLUGIlMwUak= > =zfcb > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- I have been using versions of a third party boot manager since 1998. It occupies the mbr and booted the Dell utility, WinXP, DOS6.22 and Linux with lilo installed in the boot = /dev/hda6 superblock and the 2.4.31 kernel from the Slackware 10.2 package. When I installed the 2.6 kernel that wouldnt work because lilo.conf boot = /dev/sda overwrote the 3rd party boot manager in the mbr. I could boot linux but cant boot the Dell utility, WinXP or DOS6.22. That is why I want lilo in the root superblock. Unless I can find some workaround that system will have to be replaced. Do you have WinXP and if so how do you boot it? What about the Dell Utility? Thanks for your response, Bob
From: Grant on 16 Jan 2007 21:00 On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 16:38:42 -0600, Robert Rappaport <paperbag(a)cox.net> wrote: > I could boot linux but cant boot the >Dell utility, WinXP or DOS6.22. That is why I want lilo in the root >superblock. Unless I can find some workaround that system will have to >be replaced. man lilo.conf shows various examples of booting other OS. > >Do you have WinXP and if so how do you boot it? What about the Dell >Utility? example: lilo.conf stanzas for other OS: other = /dev/hda3 label = openSUSE other = /dev/sda1 label = Windoze table = /dev/sda Grant. -- http://bugsplatter.mine.nu/
From: Robert Rappaport on 17 Jan 2007 19:19
Grant wrote: > On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 16:38:42 -0600, Robert Rappaport <paperbag(a)cox.net> wrote: > > >> I could boot linux but cant boot the >>Dell utility, WinXP or DOS6.22. That is why I want lilo in the root >>superblock. Unless I can find some workaround that system will have to >>be replaced. > > > man lilo.conf shows various examples of booting other OS. > >>Do you have WinXP and if so how do you boot it? What about the Dell >>Utility? > > > example: lilo.conf stanzas for other OS: > > other = /dev/hda3 > label = openSUSE > > other = /dev/sda1 > label = Windoze > table = /dev/sda > > Grant. Thanks - a big, big help. Bob |