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Boot from HD Partition without Lilo after hd-Install
I've installed Knoppix 3.4 to /dev/hda5, but didn't install Lilo into the MBR. I'd now like to run the installation from the HD partition.
I've tried booting from the CD and run knoppix root=/dev/hda5, but the CD version is started. What do I need to do run boot the /dev/hda5 partition (which in turn allows me to run lilo)?
Or am I totally confused?
Thanks,
Andi
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I don't think the CD can do this. What I can think of is either using the windows bootloader to boot lilo (if you have windows), or alternatively making a boot floppy.
Your install isn't lost though, you can boot the CD and chroot to hda5 to do one or the other.
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I see. I assume I'd need to:
-boot cd
-chroot /dev/hda5
then I'd like to:
-run lilo
-dd if=/dev/hda5... to get the boot sector
-copy to ntfs partition
-edit boot.ini
does that make sense?
Thanks,
Andreas
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Doesn't work:
after chroot I can't run lilo:
sudo lilo
Fatal: open /dev/hda5: Permission denied
How can I run lilo to get the boot sector into /dev/hda5???
Thanks,
Andi
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OK, found the answer in a posting by tx:
mount -o dev /dev/hda5 /mnt/hda5; chroot /mnt/hda5
seems to do the trick- not sure what the difference is?
However, WinXP boot loader still doesn't work, even now that I have the new boot sector, the XP Boot loader hangs, I assume my lilo.conf settings must be wrong.
Yuck- long way...
Thanks,
Andi
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For the XP bootloader you need to copy the bootsector file to C:\ after having run lilo and you only need to run lilo when you've made some changes to /etc/lilo.conf.
The syntax, if I remeber it correctly, was:
dd if=/dev/hda5 of=/bootsect.lnx bs=512 count=1
My C:\boot.ini has a line at the end: C:\bootsect.lnx="Knoppix"
The procedure is explained at lenght in: http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4174
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I understand that and have actually done so- only the new BS doesn't boot. It's certainly written by Lilo (as the old BS contained only zeros), but doesn't boot- machine hangs.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Andi
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Hmm, worked for me. Can you post your lilo.conf and boot.ini?
Other than that, don't know
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OK, stripped out all comments:
# /etc/lilo.conf - See: 'lilo(' and 'lilo.conf(5)',
lba32
# Specifies the boot device. This is where Lilo installs its boot
boot=/dev/hda5
# Specifies the device that should be mounted as root. ('/')
#
root=/dev/hda5
bitmap=/usr/share/lilo/contrib/debian.bmp
bmp-colors=1,,0,2,,0
bmp-table=120p,173p,1,15,17
bmp-timer=254p,432p,1,0,0
install=bmp
delay=20
prompt
timeout=50
map=/boot/map
vga=791
default="Linux(2.6)-2"
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.25
label="Linux(2.4)-1"
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.25.gz
append="ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=de apm=power-off nomce"
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.3
label="Linux(2.6)-2"
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.3.gz
append="ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init lang=de apm=power-off nomce"
read-only
other=/dev/hda1
label="Win XP/2K"
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[boot loader]
timeout=1
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT="Microso ft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /noirqscan
C:\BOOTSECT.DEB="Debian Linux"
WinXP is hda1, Debian is hda5
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