Hi Kent, Thanks but i crashed my machine while playing around with lilo.So i am reinstalling it all over again. First is mandrake then debian But i have a doubt while installing debian there is an option "make system bootable" And we get two choices . Since i have mandrake first and then debian which option do i chose to write lilo over?( i.e while instlaling debian) Over write mbr on ./dev/hda or Write lilo on /dev/hda3 ( where debina is instlaled) My confugration remains same. In between , before reinstalling also i treid adding ext3 using modconf but i couldnot find that fs . so i added it to /etc/modules , after that i gave a reboot and i got lilo 010101 error:) so i am reinstalling all over.
Regards, Vijaya Kent West wrote: > Vijaya S wrote: > > >It didnt work Kent. > >But it has to be mounted before i see it right > > > > > No; you don't need to mount your Mandrake partitions in order to change > the /etc/lilo.conf file on your Debian side. Since Debian is the last OS > installed, I'm assuming that your current lilo is from Debian, not > Mandrake, so it's the Debian lilo that needs to be modified. > > >So i treid to > >mkdir /mandrake > >mount -t auto /dev/hda1 /mandrake and then edit /etc/lilo.conf > >but i get this error > >demo:/# mount -t auto /dev/hda1 /mandrake > >mount: fs type ext3 not supported by kernel > > > > > This means that the /dev/hda1 has an ext3 journal, but your Debian > kernel doesn't have ext3 support. Try "modprobe ext3" to add that > support to the Debian kernel (for this boot only; to make it permanent, > add "ext3" to /etc/modules, or use modconf instead to add the ext3 module). > > >so i tried using tune2fs to convert to ext3 > > > > > It's already ext3; you just need ext3 support in your kernel; you don't > need to convert an ext3 fs to an ext3 fs. > > >i get this error > >tune2fs -j /dev/hda1 > >tune2fs 1.27 (8-Mar-2002) > >The filesystem already has a journal. > > > >how do i mount and add to lilo > >regards, > >vijaya > >Kent West wrote: > > > > > > > Oh, btw, it's generally considered improper on this list to top-post > (putting your answers above the previous context). Instead, you should > answer directly below the context to which you're responding. > > >>Vijaya S wrote: > >> > >> > >>>I iinstalled Mandrake 10 first on the machine with /dev/hda1 as / > >>>partition and then /dev/hda5 as swap . > >>>It happened successfully. > >>>Then i installed Debian on /dev/hda3 and mounted it as / partition.and > >>>used /dev/hda5 as swap again. > >>>But when i boot i get Debian only > >>>I want to edit lilo to get both Mandrake and Debian in the bootloader > >>>menu. > >>>How can i get my Mandrake back ..I cannot boot Mandrake again. > >>> > >>> > >>Boot into Debian; edit /etc/lilo.conf. > >> > > > -- > Kent > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
