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On Wed, Sep 05, 2001 at 02:00:37PM -0400, William Shank wrote:
> this is true for kernels < 2.2.16 (or so) and it's a problem i've seen.
> Booting from the drive is not the problem, getting lilo to write to the MBR
> of hde seems to be. i don't see a command to force it write to the MBR of
> any particular drive. :(
>From my well-commented (Debian) lilo.conf:
# Specifies the boot device. This is where Lilo installs its boot
# block. It can be either a partition, or the raw device, in which
# case it installs in the MBR, and will overwrite the current MBR.
#
boot=/dev/hda
# Specifies the device that should be mounted as root. (`/')
#
root=/dev/hda5
Also note lilo's -r option. If you're trying to move stuff over to hde
from hda, you'll need to use this. (It chroots to a directory you
specify before proceeding; it's quite useful for when you're playing
around with where partitions live, as well as recovering on a rescue
floppy.)
--
Bill Jonas * bill@billjonas.com * http://www.billjonas.com/
"As we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others, we should
be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours; and
this we should do freely and generously." -- Benjamin Franklin
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