[PLUG] Mandrake 8.1 installation problem
Rick Konold
cccs at teleport.com
Tue Mar 26 03:15:25 UTC 2002
On Monday 25 March 2002 16:22, you hammered the keyboard to write:
> --- Rick Konold <cccs at teleport.com> wrote:
> > On Sunday 24 March 2002 18:45, you hammered the
> >
> > keyboard to write:
> > > My newly-installed Mandrake system boots Windows.
> >
> > It
> >
> > > also boots itself from a floppy (which drive isn't
> > > usually connected). It doesn't boot from the
> >
> > "linux"
> >
> > > option on the boot menu:
> >
> > Which bootloader did you use, Grub or LILO? Did you
> > install it before or
> > after Windows? Did you install the bootloader in the
> > MBR?
>
> Good question. In the MBR. "LILO with graphical
> interface." (This was the starred option, so I didn't
> quarrel with them.) After Windows.
>
> Mandrake support told me to get a boot prompt and type
>
>
> linux root=/dev/hda3
> =====
> Robert "Tim" Kopp
> http://analytic.tripod.com/
If <linux root = /dev/hda3> did not find the boot info, I suspect it may not
be at that location. My first question would be, did you create a separate
/boot partition. If you did, you need to point LILO/GRUB there. When you
get into Linux, try the df command to show your partitions and where they are
mounted. That will allow you to verify where Linux /boot really is. Unless
you put it in a separate partition, it should be in root (/).
Once you know where on the drive to boot linux, you can examine your
bootloaders to see if they are pointing to the right place.
I am dual booting Mandrake 8.1 on my laptop, so I will add my lilo and grub
configurations below for you to look at. Before you edit, be sure to make a
backup copy or just # the sections you edit and add notes so you can put it
back together if you need to.
If it is LILO, then look at, and edit if necessary /etc/lilo.conf This is
what mine looks like for the Linux image:
Image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=linux
root=/dev/hda5 #your location is probably different
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append=" devfs=mount"
read-only
If you edit lilo, be sure to run the lilo command again.
If you are using GRUB (I thought it was the Mandrake default?) Then you can
look at /boot/grub/menu.lst mine looks like this:
title linux
kernel (hd0, 4)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda5 devfs=mount
initrd (hd0, 4)/boot/initrd.img
I am not too familiar with editing GRUB, but I do know the info you need to
work with GRUB is located by typing "info grub" no quotes of course.
I am not sure, but I don't think you need to do anything more before you boot
from it, like you do with lilo. [someone will correct me if I am wrong]
I hope that will help narrow down the problem.
Rick Konold
Linux Advocate
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