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darkarchon
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 Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 5:45 am Post subject: chapter 9... code listing 11... is this an error ? |
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the joyous installation guide... chapter 9... code listing 11... stated as follows... is this right or wrong ? specifically the first line...
it is set to "/dev/hda" while the boot partition used in the entire handbook examples "/dev/hda1".... i set it to "/dev/hda1" in a system i just booted today and it seemed to come up fine....
but, would it work with "/dev/hda" ?
| Code: | Code Listing 11: Example /etc/lilo.conf
boot=/dev/hda # Install LILO in the MBR
prompt # Give the user the chance to select another section
timeout=50 # Wait 5 (five) seconds before booting the default section
default=gentoo # When the timeout has passed, boot the "gentoo" section
# Only if you use framebuffer. Otherwise remove the following line:
vga=788 # Framebuffer setting. Adjust to your own will
# For non-genkernel users
image=/boot/kernel-2.4.24
label=gentoo # Name we give to this section
read-only # Start with a read-only root. Do not alter!
root=/dev/hda3 # Location of the root filesystem
# For GRP genkernel users
image=/boot/kernel-2.4.24
label=gentoo
read-only
root=/dev/hda3
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.24
# For recent genkernel users
image=/boot/kernel-2.4.24
label=gentoo
read-only
root=/dev/ram0
append="init=/linuxrc real_root=/dev/hda3"
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.24
# The next two lines are only if you dualboot with a Windows system.
# In this case, Windows is hosted on /dev/hda6.
other=/dev/hda6
label=windows
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aaronjb
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Joined: 25 May 2003
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Location: Berkshire, UK
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| Posted: Mon Mar 22, 2004 10:45 am Post subject: |
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Yes it would is the short answer 
Basically, using:
In the lilo.conf causes Lilo to install itself into the MBR (the Master Boot Record) of the hard drive - which means Lilo will get loaded no matter what partition is set active on the drive.
Using:
Means that lilo will be installed into the boot area of that partition. This means that you can change which operating systems you boot by setting different partitions active with fdisk. Doing that is only really handy if you have another OS on the system that won't load via Lilo (I can only guess at something like SCO for example, that has it's own boot loader).
HTH,
Aaron
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