How do I start the iso of the harddisk with lilo?

**testerus** · 10-16-2005, 10:43 PM

But it works only if I have the KNOPPIX directory of the iso on the harddisk. Booting the iso itself does not work, it looks like the boot parameters are ignored. When I remove the KNOPPIX directory I get:

Code:

Accessing KNOPPIX CD&DVD at /dev/hda9...insmod: error inserting '/modules/cloop.ko': -1 bad file number
Segmentation fault

but the partition with knoppix is /dev/hda5 (according to md5sum the image is valid)

**ruymbeke** · 10-17-2005, 03:38 AM

Originally Posted by testerus

But it works only if I have the KNOPPIX directory of the iso on the harddisk. Booting the iso itself does not work, it looks like the boot parameters are ignored. When I remove the KNOPPIX directory I get:

Code:

Accessing KNOPPIX CD&DVD at /dev/hda9...insmod: error inserting '/modules/cloop.ko': -1 bad file number
Segmentation fault

but the partition with knoppix is /dev/hda5 (according to md5sum the image is valid)

If you have a partition with a /KNOPPIX directory and/or a KNOPPIX file you may want to be very carefull.
The linuxrc script is now poorly written and is a real patchwork. Try to rename or remove any /KNOPPIX directory or /KNOPPIX filename you may have on all your partitions and try again. The existence of such directory may fool the script which may try to load portion of the data from the iso and portion from the /KNOPPIX directory. I have it working without any problem on a couple of my systems. Please let me know. Best Regards,
Gilles

**Kihoma** · 10-17-2005, 07:37 PM

I've searched the forum loking for this precious informatioin on how to boot the .iso file through lilo. I have downloaded a lot of stuff, most of it modified kernels to support the "boot fromhd=/dev/hdXX/*iso" option. I still have to try it out but I hoped I could find something more straight to the target. I mean, I found a lot of stuff on how to configure GRUB in order to get it done, but no info on lilo.
Anyone of you guys can help me??? Currently I've got Kurumin 5.0 (a brazilian Knoppix remaster) installed on my HD in multi-boot with Kurumin 3.1 (/dev/hdXX/knoppix and kernel 2.4), INSERT, and I want to use GamesKnoppix from an iso file on my HD. The boot manager is lilo.

**ruymbeke** · 10-17-2005, 10:29 PM

Originally Posted by Kihoma

I've searched the forum loking for this precious informatioin on how to boot the .iso file through lilo. I have downloaded a lot of stuff, most of it modified kernels to support the "boot fromhd=/dev/hdXX/*iso" option. I still have to try it out but I hoped I could find something more straight to the target. I mean, I found a lot of stuff on how to configure GRUB in order to get it done, but no info on lilo.
Anyone of you guys can help me??? Currently I've got Kurumin 5.0 (a brazilian Knoppix remaster) installed on my HD in multi-boot with Kurumin 3.1 (/dev/hdXX/knoppix and kernel 2.4), INSERT, and I want to use GamesKnoppix from an iso file on my HD. The boot manager is lilo.

You can use a command line for lilo from DOS as this one:

Code:

"loadlin.exe linux initrd=minirt~1.gz ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init bootfrom=/dev/hda1/boot/knoppix.402/*.iso lang=us dma quiet apm=power-off nomce noprompt"

Or update your existing lilo.conf as follow:

Code:

image=/boot/knoppix.402/linux
label="Knoppix"
root=/dev/hda1
initrd=/boot/knoppix.402/minirt_ntfs.gz
append="ramdisk_size=100000 init=/etc/init bootfrom=/dev/hda1/boot/knoppix.402/*.iso lang=us dma quiet apm=power-off nomce noprompt"

Or just use lilo to start grub by adding the following lines to your lilo.conf:

Code:

image=/boot/grub.exe
label="grub"

using the grub.exe from this link: http://sarovar.org/download.php/770/....1pre28.tar.gz
and using my instruction in my other thread: http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtop...?p=93758#93758
But don't forget to use the minirt_ntfs.gz in this link: http://s94002264.onlinehome.us/grub/kno402.zip to boot from the knoppix 4.02 (game) iso.
Hope this helps. Please give me some feedback. Best Regards,
Gilles

**Kihoma** · 10-19-2005, 09:10 PM

Thanks Gilles!!!! I had already downloaded that file(initrd_ntfs). So I put it on my HD at /bootISO, and booted a Knoppix remaster iso (kalango) at /dev/hda7 (root=/dev/hda7). Since it was an iso file I think this will work to any iso, provided the distro has the same kernel. I've been using the knoppix file (inside the iso) as an alternative to boot the system without using a CD drive. Now, thanks to this new option, I can boot the iso file directly, no need to extract the knoppix folder from within the iso to a HD partition as I used to. By the way, I downloaded the wrong version of knoppix games. Instead of the DVD iso (v. 4.02) I have downloded the CD iso (v.3.07). Anyway, since I was able to boot a remaaster of Knoppix with that initrd-ntfs and plus the tips you gave me, I believe I'1ll be able to boot also the Knoppix CD iso. I have a FAT32 partition only for this purpose.
As soon as I try it I'll let you know if I succeeded or not.
Tahnk you asgain

**pau1knopp** · 02-07-2006, 07:06 PM

I can get a lilo boot using the bootfrom cheatcode on an ext2 partition to work fine without the modified minirt.gz. I did a tohd cheatcode to get the compressed file system to my partition.

My ISO and my /KNOPPIX directory live on /dev/hda2. Here is the lilo.conf I used

Paul

vga=791
lba32
boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
noprompt
append="hda=scsi hdb=scsi hdc=scsi hdd=scsi hde=scsi hdf=scsi hdg=scsi hdh=scsi apm=power-off nomce"

default=FROMISO

image=/mnt/hda2/boot/vmlinuz
label=FROMISO
initrd=/mnt/hda2/boot/isolinux/minirt.gz
read-only
root=/dev/hda2
append="lang=us splash wheelmouse xvrefresh=60 bootfrom=/dev/hda2/knx4.0*.iso myconfig=/dev/hda2"