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Hi Sindi,


--- baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org wrote:

> >
> > Thanks. I wanted to try getting LILO to work
> > first, since it's supposed to! :) I thought
> > i had everything set up correctly, and since
> > it didn't work, i'd like to find out why ...
> > as a learning experience.
> 
> The linux /boot directory has to be in the first
> 1024 sectors (about 1GB). 

Duh ... i knew that, but for some reason kept
thinking that it was OK if it was in the first
1024 *cylinders*! I think that's been my problem
all along. Thanks.


> You can make another /boot directory in the first
> 1GB:
> 
> mount /dev/hda1 /hd
> mkdir /hd/boot
> edit lilo.conf to change /boot to /hd/boot, 
> copy kernel and boot.b from  /boot to /hd/boot
> lilo -v.

Thanks for explaining that!
I'll try it and report back.

Don't i also have to edit /etc/fstab so that
/hd will automatically mount at boot-up?


> Try something like this after you mount /dev/hda1
> /hd and copy
> kernel and boot.b to /hd/boot/.  Change hda7 to
> hda6, default=BL3, and 
> delete the BL2 part if you want only DOS and BL3.
> This is for DOS in the first partition (I forget
> where yours is).


I think you got my post confused with another
recent one which has BL2 and BL3 in /etc/lilo.conf.
My /dev/hda7 is a Linux-swap partition, and
i only have BL3 and Windows95.


-monz