On Mon, 14 Jun 1999 21:59:30 +0200 (CEST), Bruno Goncalves Russo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
[Two Linux partitions] >This is exactly what I want to do. I just tried to do it, but wasn't >totally successful because I didn't configure lilo correctly. >I was using the unstable version and when I tried to switch back to >stable, lilo loaded the incorrect kernel and some things didn't work >because of that. How should I configure it in this case? It's advisable to set up LILO on both partitions. Use the LILO on the stable partition (I'm assuming /dev/hda1) for the boot menu. E.g.: boot=/dev/hda root=/dev/hda1 delay=50 image=/vmlinuz label=Stable read-only other=/dev/hda2 label=Unstable (Note: this probably isn't a full working configuration, this is just to give you an idea.) Then, in the unstable Debian (I'm assuming /dev/hda2), configure LILO to boot from the bootsector of it's own partition: boot=/dev/hda2 root=/dev/hda2 delay=0 image=/vmlinuz label=Stable read-only The advantage of this setup is that if you recompile your kernel on your unstable partition, all you have to do is rerun LILO (which make-kpkg will do for you) to keep things working (the same goes for the stable partition, of course). HTH, Gertjan. -- Gertjan Klein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Boot Control home page: http://www.xs4all.nl/~gklein/bcpage.html
