On Tue, 12 May 1998, Vidiot wrote:
> >I listed them in order; sorry not to mention it. I don't have that
> >machine here, but the failed setup was as follows:
> >
> >hda1 /boot 100MB
> >hda2 WIN95 1GB
> >hda3 SWAP 128MB
> >hda4 extended partition
> >hda5 / 2GB
> >hda6 /usr remainder
> >
> >I used Linux' fdisk utility and then copied the partitions from my other
> >drives. I do have three bootable kernels, one of which is in / which
> >may be the problem. I did reset my /etc/fstab and reconfigured lilo.conf.
>
> You will definately not be able to LILO boot to any kernel that is in hda5.
> I personally can see no reason why the above won't work. I am assuming that
> /boot gets mounted onto / at boot time.
My linux boot kernel is in /dev/hdb5 and LILO boot linux fine. As long as
it is under 1024 cylinder limit, I don't see why it won't boot.
Jyan-Min Fang
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