I did what you suggest below, and when I ran lilo, I got the following message:
Warning: /dev/sda is not on the first disk Added Linux * Added OldLinux And on boot, it again froze at LI Thanks again... Any other suggestions? Steven > See marks below. > > [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. > > > -- > /*********************** Running Debian Linux *********************** > * For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, * > * that whoever believes in Him should not perish... John 3:16 * > * W. Paul Mills * Topeka, Kansas, U.S.A. * > * EMAIL= [EMAIL PROTECTED] * WWW= http://Mills-USA.com/ * > * Bill, I was there several years ago, why would I want to go back? * > ************* pgp public key on keyservers everywhere? *************/ >
