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Message from Giuseppe
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Thank you very much Sindi for all the detailed instructions.

> BL3 should be read-write.  If you boot it read-only you probably cannot
> save anything to disk.  Try editing a file with e3pi and saving it (or
> copying a file).

Actually it is not possible to edit or to save any changes.
I'll modify lilo.conf , hopefully, the right way when repartitioning  the
disk (as you suggested) and installing BL-2 and BL-3
I need sometime to understand and to do correctly because I am a newbie.

Regards
Giuseppe



----- Original Message -----
From: <baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org>
To: <baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 6:48 AM
Subject: Re: [BL] BL2 install


>
> > Can I keep the dos partition and then put LILO in MBR to boot dos, BL-2
and
> > BL-3?
> > How can I change lilo.conf?
>
> My lilo.conf for DOS, BL3 and two ways to boot BL2 (two different kernels,
> both stored in /boot(.  DOS is hda1, BL3 hda2, BL 2 hda3.
> Omit the parts after ## on each line, which are just my explanations.
>
> boot=/dev/hda  #Or boot=/dev/fd0 to boot from a floppy disk with lilo
> install=/boot/boot.b
> delay=50 ##should boot to BL2 after 5 seconds - I think this is optional
> default=BL2  ##You can change this to BL3 or DOS.
>
> other=/dev/hda1  ##Other is the DOS partition.
> table=/dev/hda
> label=DOS
>
> image=/boot/bzimagesmf.431 ##This is my 2.4.31 kernel - you can use zimage
> label=BL3
> root=/dev/hda2
> read-write
> vga=791
> ##The above line is for 1024 framebuffer - omit it unless you have a VESA
> ##2.0 capable video chip that does framebuffer
>
> image=/boot/bzimasmf.431
> label=BL2
> root=/dev/hda3
> read-only
> vga=788 ##This is for 800x600 framebuffer, 24-bit color (?).
>
> image=/boot/bzimapda.431 ##My usbserial kernel for use with a PDA
> label=PDA
> root=/dev/hda3
> read-only
> ##The above is BL2 booted with a different kernel, no framebuffer
>
> You can also boot BL2 or BL3 with various other parameters in lilo.conf.
>
>
> > Now I have:
> > linux swap in hda1; BL-3 installed from fd in had5;  empty hda6 and
hda7;
> > LILO from BL-3 in MBR.
> > BL-3 boot when th pc is on.
> > Before putting LILO on MBR I changed lilo.conf in BL-3  from:
> >
> > #boot=/dev/hda   ###  this line puts lilo in MBR of primary harddrive
> >                          ###  otherwise lilo goes in root partition
> > image=/boot/zimage
> >  label=BL3
> >  root=CURRENT
> >  read-write
> >
> > to:
> >
> > boot=/dev/hda   ###  this line puts lilo in MBR of primary harddrive
> >                          ###  otherwise lilo goes in root partition
> > image=/boot/zimage
> >  label=BL3
> >  root=/dev/hda5
> >  read-only  (looking on the mailing list it seems I had to keep
> > "read-write" in this line but it works)
>
> BL3 should be read-write.  If you boot it read-only you probably cannot
> save anything to disk.  Try editing a file with e3pi and saving it (or
> copying a file).
>
> If I understand correctly, BL2 is mounted read-only when it boots, and
> during boot it is remounted as read-write after running e2fsck.  You
> should probably boot BL3 from floppy disk every few days and run e2fsck on
> it (or run it from BL2) to fix any filesystem errors.  It should not be
> mounted when you run e2fsck (or it should be mounted read-only).
>
> If you make the ext2 partitions with BL2 fdisk, BL3 e2fsck is too old and
> will not work on them in case you need to do a rescue of BL2 with BL3.
> (The BL2 ramdisk and floppy disk versions do not contain e2fsck)..  I
> suggest using BL3 floppy disk fdisk to make all the partitions.  Or put a
> copy of BL2 e2fsck in DOS BL2 directory so you can mount the DOS partition
> and run e2fsck from there with ramdisk BL2 for rescue.
>
> Sindi
>
> >
> > thanks for help.
> > Giuseppe
> >