Quote Originally Posted by nrj
Sorry to dredge this topic up again, but I am still a bit stuck on lilo. I have read and read and read on lilo multiboots for Win/Linux, but I don't need that because there is no windows on my machine. Here is what I have so far:

hda1 Knoppix (bootable)
hda2 Swap
hda3 KnoppMyth
hda5 /cache #For MythTV
hda6 /home

I think it takes some work after installing to be able to choose either Knoppix or MythTV. These steps are probably obvious, but I haven't seen them layed out for a newbie. Here is what I think needs to be done.

After the Knoppix install, lilo is on my mbr. Then I do a manual install of KnoppMyth. Now to make lilo give me the option of booting into either Knoppix or Myth, I know lilo needs to look something like this (i know i should have specifics, but I am on my work computer):

boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map

image=/boot/`knoppix_image'
label=Knoppix
root=/dev/hda1

image=/boot/`myth_image'
label=MythTV
root=/dev/hda3

So, the problem I have been having is getting the MythTV image path to be correct. I can't specify it as /hda3/boot/... or /dev/hda3/boot.... or /mnt/hda3/boot... or anything that would point to where the MythTV image is placed in the install. Is the solution just to copy the image from hda3/boot/ to hda1/boot/ and then the root declaration takes care of boot up the correct system? I am still getting my head around this concept and have had trouble finding examples of lilo.confs that do what I am trying to do (or at least explaining it in enough detail to get me going, which I am guessing is because it is pretty obvious to most).

Thanks for any advice, nrj
Do it the easy way set the Mythtv in the knoppix lilo.conf to other=/dev/hda3 run lilo and on your mythtv install lilo with it configured in it's lilo.conf as the boot=/dev/hda3 and root=/dev/hda3 then run /sbin/lilo -v -b /dev/hda3 which will install lilo into your root partition of the Mythtv and then when you boot from lilo in the mbr it will take you to the lilo in the root of the mythtv install and you can boot it. If you comment out the prompt and set the delay to something small in the lilo of the mythtv the boot to it's partition can seem to be having come from the mbr lilo with very little delay.