RE: [SLUG] Linux on a 2nd drive?

From: Jason Pratt (pailhead@tampabay.rr.com)
Date: Sat Jun 02 2001 - 12:59:08 EDT

I use XOSL (http://www.xosl.org) for my bootmanager. I've been using it
for about a year now. It's probably the easiest (IMO) bootmanager out
there and of course it's free :)

I told the installation to install LILO on the Linux partition of the
second HD. I created the boot disk during the RH install and when I put
that in, Linux boots up in all its glory minus sound. I'm running a SB
Live Value, I should have sound with that I would think, and it's a
fairly standard board now a days...

But when I try to boot Linux minus the disk, it doesn't even seem to get
to LILO it just stops, if I hit a key my machine reboots...

Thoughts.... thank guys!

Jason

-----Original Message-----
From: slug@nks.net [mailto:slug@nks.net] On Behalf Of R.G. Mayhue
Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2001 11:36 AM
To: slug@nks.net
Subject: Re: [SLUG] Linux on a 2nd drive?

On Saturday 02 June 2001 10:58 am, Jason wrote:

What are you using for a boot manager? Did you install LILO on the MBR
of the
second drive or in the Linux partition?

There is a neat little boot manager called GAG that I use. It is very
small
and has a GUI interface with nice icons. You can find it here:

http://www.rastersoft.com/gageng.htm

For Linux it will require you to install LILO in the first sector of the
boot
partition.

You can run it from a floppy first to see if you would like to use it
before
you install it. 

--
Rob Mayhue

> Hello, I just installed RH 7.1 on a second drive on my machine and it
> doesn't boot. Can Linux be installed on a second drive?  It is also
> above the 1024 limit.. will this have any bearing on the installation?
>
> I'm running the following
>
> 466Mhz Celery
> 1: 15Gig (Win2k, Win98)
> 2: 20Gig (Linux, general partition Fat32)
> 96MB Mem.
> Geforce 2MX
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Jason Pratt

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