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[elmarsa dice <elmarsadice AT yahoo.com>]

--- 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> elmarsa dice wrote:
> >
> > > > boot=/dev/hda1
> > > > image=/boot/zimage
> > > >    label=BL3
> > > >    root=/dev/hda1
> > > >    read-write
> > > 
> > > That should be:  boot=/dev/hda
> > 
> > because you point to hda1 in hd root=/dev/hda1 
> > I assumed it should be the same in lilo.
> 
> Yes, the root filesystem is at /dev/hda1
> and it is used both in "hd root=/dev/hda1"
> and in /etc/lilo.conf
> 
> However, before Linux starts running on the root 
> filesystem, it has to boot the kernel.  That's what
> "boot=/dev/hda" is for.  It tells lilo to boot the
> kernel directly from the MBR of the primary-master HD.  
> 
> The other (default) option is to boot the kernel from
> a partition (leaving the MBR untouched).  That relies 
> on an existing boot-loader in the MBR to boot your
> partition (because the partition table shows your
> partition as the boot partition).  Apparently your
> existing MBR did not have a suitable boot-loader.
> So we use the "boot=/dev/hda" option to put lilo in
> the MBR (overwriting the existing boot-loader).
> 
> > That worked.  
> 
> That's great news.  Sorry it took so long to sort it out.

Thanks again for the help and for the explanation.  Now I understand
it a little better.

> 
> Cheers,
> Steven
> 
> 
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elmarsa

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