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[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Howdy Folks!
>
> I'm having a small problem configuring lilo and I'm hoping someone can
> help.
>
> I have a Pentium 133 running slink with kernel 2.0.35.
> I have a SCSI bootdisk and I want to make my IDE drive my root drive.
>
> ie.. boot=/dev/sda3
> root=/dev/hda2
>
> I wish to boot the SCSI drive because it contains a windoze partition I
> need to boot (sometimes). I've recently aquired a 6 gig IDE drive and
> I've copied the linux over to it. I'd like to continue booting the SCSI
> drive, but have something pointing to my IDE drive for Linux. At this
> point I can boot either partition using loadlin. If I boot the SCSI drive
> as root, I can use lilo to fix the MBR to boot linux off that drive.
> This is not desirable because the partition is too small. However, if I
> boot the IDE drive as root and attempt to use lilo I get the error message
> listed below.
>
> here is my lilo.conf file:
> boot=/dev/sda3
^^^^^^^^^ /dev/sda
> root=/dev/hda2
> install=/boot/boot.b
> append="mem=80M"
> map=/boot/map
> vga=normal
> delay=20
> image=/bzImage.2.0.35
> lable=Linux
> read-only
> image=/vmlinuz
> lable=OldLinux
> read-only
>
> when I run lilo, I get the following error:
>
> Warning: /dev/sda3 is not on the first disk
> scsi0: Adopting Geometry 128/32 from the Partition Table
> Added Linux *
> Added OldLinux
>
> Then if I'm silly enough to attempt the boot the system it freezes after
> LI.
>
> Does anyone have suggestions as to what I can do to fix this problem? As I
> said, right now I'm booting off the debian CD using loadlin and an older
> kernel. I would like to automate the process and use my kernel.
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
> Steven
>
> ps. I'm not sure of what other information you may need. So if You need
> something else to solve this problem, let me know.
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