[plug] lilo and multiboot problems

[Ari Finander]

I forgot to go through the man pages for lilo.conf...I'll do that
tomorrow after or between sleep, x-rays, blood tests, and then work at
8pm for a few hours.  If, however, someone wouldn't mind replying with
an answer (or few) I honestly wouldn't protest at all *grin*

Ari

Original message from: Ari Finander <spodosaurus at start.com.au>
>
>I'm trying to get lilo to let me boot either my red hat 7.0 (hda2),
>mandrake 7.2 (hda6), or windows98se (hda1) operating systems from the
>red hat lilo screen.  So far, I've been completely unsuccessful, and
>from the errors reported with linuxconf when I try to apply the
>changes to lilo I'm worried that some file has grown too large with
>all my trials.  Here's what comes up after I press 'activate changes'
>and I display the error log:
>  Checking base configuration
>    Checking kernel's modules
>    Mounting local volumes
>    Checking files permissions
>    Checking lilo
>      Executing /sbin/lilo  
>        *Warning: device 0x0306 exceeds 1024 cylinder limit
>        >Added RedHat
>        >Added Win98SE*
>        *Fatal: open /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.17-21mdk: No such file or
>directory
>        *return 1
>  Executing some Sysv init scripts
>
>Here's my lilo.conf file:
>
>boot = /dev/hda
>timeout = 50
>linear
>prompt
>  message = /boot/message
>  default = Win98SE
>  vga = normal
>  read-only
>map=/boot/map
>install=/boot/boot.b
>image = /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.16-22
>  label = RedHat
>  root = /dev/hda2
>other = /dev/hda1
>  label = Win98SE
>image = /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.17-21mdk
>   label = mandrake
>   root = /dev/hda6
>
>Can anyone help me here?  I've read through the howtos and mini
>howtos, but they're all concerned with multi boot systems that onle
>have one linux partition.  My lilo prompt comes up as if the last
>section for mandrake wasn't even there, and RedHat and Win98sE boot
>fine.
>
>TIA,
>
>Ari
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