Knoppix, MD 9.2 and XP - Lilo Probs

[brian]

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

[baldyeti]

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:

   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.

[brian]

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

Cheers

[brian]

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

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

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

[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

[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

[brian]

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

eg. /mnt/hdb5/vmlinuz

cheers