Knoppix, MD 9.2 and XP

Knoppix, MD 9.2 and XP - Lilo Probs

Hi

I had my machine up and running with xp and md 9.2. Lilo was working fine.

I used the knx-hdinstall and didn't write lilo as it was already there with md 9.2. Problem i'm having is, i logged back into md 9.2 to add knoppix to lilo.conf

just below the main linux i added the following.

image=/boot/vmlinuz
label="knoppix"
root=/hdb5
intrid=intrid.gz
append="can't remember what i put here"

when i ran lilo after this i get an error saying can't find intrid.gz

can anyone help me out here. I tried following the config from the boot disk but i assume this is slightly different, as it didnt' work

setup is two harddrives.

hda1 windows 30gig
hda5(ithink) md 9.2
hdb1 fat32 60 gig
hdb5 knoppix 5gig

lilo is in the master boot record on hda. hdb5 is also mounted in mandrake when trying to run lilo.

Do i have to install lilo in knoppix to the hdb5 partition and point the lilo in md to that?

I'm in work atm hence lack of exact error messages. If these are required I'll post them later when i get home.

TIA

Hello, when running lilo from Mandrake, assuming your knoppix filesystem is mounted on /hdb5 and does not have a separate boot partition, the relevant lilo.conf section should be something like:

Code:

image=/hdb5/boot/vmlinuz intrid=/hdb5/boot/intrid.gz label="knoppix" root=/dev/hdb5 append="can't remember what i put here"

Pay attention to the image+initrd entries, make sure these files exist, run "lilo -v" and watch out for possible error messages. But this should work, I think.

thanks for the quick response. I'll give that a go when i get home, and post how i get on

Cheers

:( still can't get it. Maybe someone can help me out again

here is my lilo.conf(remember its a md 9.2)

Code:

boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map install=menu vga=normal default="windows" keytable=/boot/uk.klt prompt nowarn timeout=100 message=/boot/message menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw image=/boot/vmlinuz label="linux" root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="devfs=mount hdd=ide-scsi acpi=ht splash=silent" vga=788 read-only image=/dev/hdb5/vmlinuz label="knoppix" root=/dev/hdb5 initrd=/dev/hdb5/boot/initrd.gz append="apm=power-off hda=scsi hdb=scsi hdc=scsi hdd=scsi hde=scsi hdf=scsi hdg=scsi hdh=scsi nomce" vga=791 image=/boot/vmlinuz label="linux-nonfb" root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="devfs=mount hdd=ide-scsi acpi=ht" read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label="failsafe" root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="failsafe devfs=nomount hdd=ide-scsi acpi=ht" read-only other=/dev/hda1 label="windows" table=/dev/hda other=/dev/fd0 label="floppy" unsafe image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.22-21mdk label=2422-21 root=/dev/hda5 read-only optional vga=normal append=" devfs=mount hdd=ide-scsi acpi=ht splash=silent" initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.22-21mdk.img

Then i run lilo -v and get this

Code:

[root@localhost brian]# lilo -v LILO version 22.5.7.2, Copyright (C) 1992-1998 Werner Almesberger Development beyond version 21 Copyright (C) 1999-2003 John Coffman Released 20-Aug-2003, and compiled at 16:45:54 on Sep 18 2003 Reading boot sector from /dev/hda Using MENU secondary loader Calling map_insert_data Mapping message file /boot/message -> message-text Calling map_insert_file Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-2.4.22-21mdk Mapping RAM disk /boot/initrd.img -> initrd-2.4.22-21mdk.img Added linux Boot image: /dev/hdb5/vmlinuz Fatal: open /dev/hdb5/vmlinuz: Not a directory

and lastly just for detail files for / and /boot (but not doubt someone already knows these

Code:

[root@localhost brian]# ls /mnt/hdb5 bin/ cdrom/ dvd/ home/ linboot.img none/ root/ usr/ boot/ cdrom1/ etc/ initrd/ lost+found/ opt/ sbin/ var/ cdaudio/ dev/ floppy/ lib/ mnt/ proc/ tmp/ vmlinuz@ [root@localhost brian]# ls /mnt/hdb5/boot boot.0345 debianlilo.bmp@ sarge.bmp@ System.map-2.4.22-xfs config-2.4.22-xfs initrd.gz sid.bmp@ vmlinuz@ debian.bmp@ map System.map@ vmlinuz-2.4.22-xfs

again thanks

managed to get it, forgot to set the paths according to where they were mounted in mandrake

eg. /mnt/hdb5/vmlinuz

cheers