Hi! > Hmmm. I'm not exactly new to Linux, though I feel like it sometimes, and I > had > trouble with almost this exact problem. I was trying to do Debian 1.2 and > Debian 1.3 rather than Red Hat and Debian 1.3, and I was using separate > physical drives, but I think the problem is the same. The only solution I've > found (I would be *very* happy to hear from someone who had a better solution) > was to install LILO twice. The first copy of LILO is almost exactly the same > as your setup above, with the addition of > other=/dev/hda4 > label="Red Hat Linux" > loader=/boot/chain.b > > The second copy of LILO is installed in the boot block of /dev/hda4 (NOT in > the > MBR), and just boots by default into whatever setup that copy of Linux uses. > Since I experiment with new kernel versions from time to time (part of the > hazards of owning a dual processor machine), I also like to keep two kernel > versions available in /etc/lilo.conf, so that there is always an old, working > kernel available, no matter what sort of disaster^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H jdevelopment > kernel I try. That complicates the scenario, but not by much (just an > additional entry in each lilo.conf). > > email if you'd like copies of my two lilo.conf files. > > Stephen Ryan Debian GNU/Linux 1.3 > Mathematics graduate student, Dartmouth College >
Some time ago, I had Debian and Slackware (Slack on hda4 and Debian on hdb2). My approach for dual boot, for example in Debian was: /etc/lilo.conf: boot=/dev/hda compact install=/boot/boot.b map=/boot/map vga=normal delay=20 # ZIP drive settings append = "aha152x=0x140,11,7,1" # DOS bootable partition other = /dev/hda1 label = win95 table = /dev/hda # DOS bootable partition config ends # Linux bootable partition config begins # Debian latest kernel image=/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb2 label = Debian read-only image=/mnt/slack/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda4 label = Slack read-only This means i have slackware mounted in /mnt/slack, and you have to do the same in slackware. It's not very elegant but it works! Nuno Cândido -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
