Re: [Sheflug] Re: setup probs.

[Alex Hudson <nospam [at] alexhudson.com>]

On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 06:08:37PM +0100, Damian Bamforth wrote:
> windows not load, neither would linux. Caldera boots off the floppy ok. It tests
> the kernal - then  appears to lose the floppy drive it has just booted from!
> This causes a problem later on, as it can not then write a boot disk. Is this
> some kind of bug, or am I doing something wrong?

No, I suspect Caldera's boot disk is crap.

> How can I configure a boot manager - I've heard there is one called lilo. I can
> find a man page documenting lilo.conf - but is there not some gui alternative to
> configuring this in the kde environment?

I imagine so. Couldn't tell you what it's called though - maybe klilo??
Dunno. I thought the Caldera System Administration thingy (COAS?) took care
of this? Otherwise, you need to setup lilo. Basic lilo.conf:

boot=/dev/hda		# put the MBR on the primary master
root=/dev/hda6		# the partition that holds the Linux root /.
install=/boot/boot.b	# new boot sector - may be located elsewhere, check.
map=/boot/map		# file containing black magic.
delay=30		# delay time = 3 seconds
vga=normal		# no fancy VGA modes
default=Windows		# your default OS (i.e., default choice)

image=/boot/vmlinuz	# your Linux kernel, might be just /vmlinuz
	label=Linux	# this option is called 'Linux'
	read-only	# don't screw the filesystem :-)

other=/dev/hda1		# your primary Win partition, i.e. C:\
	label=Windows	# this option is called 'Windows'

Executing /sbin/lilo will install this, but you'll need to check stuff
first. Make sure the /dev/hda-whatevers are correct - they'll almost
certainly be different on your system. The Caldera installer should have
told you what is where. /dev/hda1 is usually the correct place for Windows. 

Also, make sure the /boot/* files I've specified are present - they may have
slightly different names (i.e., /boot/vmlinuz might actually be /vmlinuz on
your machine, or maybe /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14 or something). 

I know it looks tough, and it kind of is - this is something the installer
should have gotton right. I'm pretty surprised it's buggered your MBR,
usually the installer gets that right - in years gone by, you would expect
to have to manually tell it where Windows is, but for it not to find even
Linux is pretty unforgivable.. but then, Caldera is Caldera... (I don't
think much of it myself :)

Hope that helps some,

Alex.


> 
> Also, how do I see the other drives/partitions on my system? Is there a 'my
> computer' file somewhere, as there is in windows?
> 
> Thanks to anyone who can help with my questions.
> Damian.
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