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- From: simonich@uservx.plk.af.mil
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: LILO
- Message-ID: <1992Aug25.202348.35873@uservx.plk.af.mil>
- Date: 25 Aug 92 20:23:48 GMT
- References: <1992Aug25.230353.1794@cis.ohio-state.edu>
- Organization: Phillips Laboratory - Kirtland AFB
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- In article <1992Aug25.230353.1794@cis.ohio-state.edu>, zwerin@cis.ohio-state.edu (Andrew Zwerin) writes:
- > Recently, I repartioned my HD and got the 0.97 boot and root images.
- > I ran the install script and have the following partions:
- >
- > /dev/hda1 # dos
- > /dev/hda2 # linux root
- > /dev/hda3 # linux usr
- > /dev/hda4 # linux swap
- >
- > I have read the README file in lilo.b.4.tar.Z and am confused. As per
- > the instructions, I did the following:
- >
- > ./lilo -b /dev/fd0 -i boot.b -v -v -v /Image
- >
- > If I reboot with the floppy, then the image on /dev/hda2 is loaded and
- > /dev/hda2 is the root device. That works.
- >
- > I am confused about where to go from here. I would like lilo to be my
- > MBR and boot sector i.e. I want lilo to be the boot selector and boot
- > sector for linux. Basically replacing shoelace.
- >
- > Can anyone tell me how to accomplish this? It would be a great help
- > if you could also explain the options I should be using?
- >
- >
- >
- > thanks
- > andy
- I just did this today for my 2 partition drive. I followed the README
- (or maybe a FAQ) and used bootactv.bin from pfdisk as the MBR.
- I set all partitions to non-bootable and bootactv immediatly
- asks which partition I want to boot from. And it works.
-
- PFDISK is on tsx-11.mit.edu (I think) in source for pfdisk bootactv
- and binary form for the bootactv.bin (bootactv is bootactv.asm
- i.e. masm is required to assemble it)
-
- One caveat: if a user gets the infamous "hole" problem (you didn't or
- you wouldn't be able to boot from floppy) a poster just announced
- a fix -- it works.
-