Re: lilo with multiple versions of RH on different disks--rpjday

2000-01-23 Thread Jack Byers
rday wrote: >i'd like some comments on another way to set up multiple linux >installations on the same box that i've been thinking of trying. >haven't done it yet, but i'm curious if there's any fatal flaw. >for each installation, set up LILO to install in the boot partition >for that install --N

Re: lilo with multiple versions of RH on different disks

2000-01-23 Thread rpjday
On Sun, 23 Jan 2000, Jack Byers wrote: > Sorry for the repeat, the redhat digest evidently cutoff last half > of full reply > Here it is again, with a few more comments hopefully clarifying > just how I set up multiple RH on different disks. i'd like some comments on another way to set up mul

Re: lilo with multiple versions of RH on different disks

2000-01-23 Thread Jack Byers
Sorry for the repeat, the redhat digest evidently cutoff last half of full reply Here it is again, with a few more comments hopefully clarifying just how I set up multiple RH on different disks. Dave Reed wrote: >I eventually just decided to trust the floppy boot disk wouldn't go >bad (I have ne

Re: lilo with multiple versions of RH on different disks

2000-01-22 Thread Jack Byers
Dave Reed wrote: >I eventually just decided to trust the floppy boot disk wouldn't go >bad (I have never found floppy disks to be that reliable) and just >tried it. >Fortunately, it worked fine. I'm not certain how lilo figures out >where /boot is when it's on a different partition than / (in th

Re: lilo with multiple versions of RH on different disks

2000-01-21 Thread Dave Reed
> From: "Jack Byers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2000 11:50:23 PST > > Dave Reed wrote: > >I've looked (albeit quickly) at the lilo and lilo.conf man pages and > >the LILO HOWTO and am not certain exactly how to do this - and don't > >want to try for fear of messing things up. > I

lilo with multiple versions of RH on different disks

2000-01-21 Thread Dave Reed
I've looked (albeit quickly) at the lilo and lilo.conf man pages and the LILO HOWTO and am not certain exactly how to do this - and don't want to try for fear of messing things up. I've got RH 5.2 installed on /dev/hda3 with the entire filesystem on one partition. I just installed RH 6.1 on /de