[ale] Getting Linux OS to boot

[Michael Hirsch]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
Trey
> Sizemore
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 2:16 PM
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> Subject: Re: [ale] Getting Linux OS to boot
> 
> Geoffrey wrote:
> 
> > Trey Sizemore wrote:
> >
> >> Geoffrey wrote:
> >
> >
> >>> What does the grub config file look like?  You might try running
> >>> grub-install.
> >>>
> >>>
> >> Well, I've not got it where I can boot to Mandrake (rescue mode
> >> allowed me to install grub on the slave drive's MBR).  So now the
> >> trick will be to add the other distros to Mandrake's grub.conf
> >> file...haven't done that in quite a while.  I'm sure with a little
> >> digging I can remember the format.
> >
> >
> > It's pretty straight forward, just keep the number correct.  The
> > actual references to the filesystems (/dev/hda1) will be the same,
but
> > remember:
> >
> > root (hd0,7)  is /dev/hda8
> > root (hd1,1)  is /dev/hdb2
> >
> > Make sure you get the kernel names right as some use variations.
> > Also, some use different references to the initrd image:
> >
> > SuSE:        initrd (hd0,1)/boot/initrd
> > Mandrake:    initrd (hd0,1)/boot/initrd.img
> >
> Do I need to add entries in Mandrake's /etc/fstab before they can be
> booted from entries in lilo.conf?

No.  fstab is only used after boot to know what to mount.  And I thought
we were talking about grub, not lilo??

Michael