Arch and Gentoo on the same hda with lilo

pier_arch · 2008-06-13 20:58:35

Hi all.
I decided to have a go with Arch after reading enthusiastic opinions about it.

After trying the ftp installation with no success I managed to get the iso base image installed. Yet a funny thing happens which I haven't been able neither to solve nor to find a solution to about in this forum.

After installing lilo I managed to boot arch linux. I wanted to boot Gentoo too and so I altered the lilo.conf file.
As a result I could boot Archlinux but not Gentoo.

Using a Gentoo live cd I chrooted in order to get the old Gentoo working. Altered the lilo.conf file to get Arch to boot but without success.
Now Gentoo can boot whereas Archlinux not.
Archlinux logo appears but then I get a kernel panick:

--- snip ---
/bin/mknod "/dev/root" b 3 3
/init :1 cannot open /dev/root: no such device or address
::initramfs completed - control passing to kinit
ip-config: no device to configure
kinit: unable to mount root fs on dev(3,3)
kinit: init not found
kernel panic - not syncing: attempt to kill init

This is my lilo.conf with Gentoo working and Archlinux not:

boot = /dev/hda
lba32
prompt
timeout = 300
vga=0x318
default="GENTOO-2622r2bt"
#---------------------------------------------------------------
image = /boot/vmlinx-2.6.22-gentoo-r2-bluetooth
label = GENTOO-2622r2bt
read-only
root=/dev/hda6
#----- RTAI kernel patched -------------------------------------
image = /boot/bzImage.2.6.19.2.rt
label = GEN-RT-noacpi
read-only
root=/dev/hda6
#---------------------------------------------------------------
image = /mnt/hda3/boot/vmlinuz26
label = ArchLinux
initrd = /mnt/hda3/boot/kernel26.img
read-only
root=/dev/hda3

I would be grateful for any hint or link to a similar solved post.
Thanks,
Pier

ThomasAdam · 2008-06-13 21:10:28

pier_arch wrote:

kinit: unable to mount root fs on dev(3,3)

Which means that:

/dev/hda3

Probably isn't where the rootfs for Arch really is. You ought to correct this, edit the lilo.conf file and rerun "lilo".

-- Thomas Adam

moljac024 · 2008-06-13 22:10:21

Or you could just use GRUB.

pier_arch · 2008-06-14 07:26:12

ThomasAdam:
thanks for your reply.
I have installed Archlinux / on /dev/hda3. Here down is the partition scheme on my hd:

cfdisk (util-linux-ng 2.13.1)

Disk Drive: /dev/hda
Size: 122942324736 bytes, 122.9 GB
Heads: 255 Sectors per Track: 63 Cylinders: 14946

Name Flags Part Type FS Type [Label] Size (MB)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
hda1 Primary Linux ReiserFS 20012.11
hda2 Primary Linux swap / Solaris 1028.16
hda3 Boot Primary Linux ReiserFS 24198.78 <------ Archlinux
hda5 Logical Linux ReiserFS 45255.50
hda6 Boot Logical Linux ext3 32440.51 <------ Gentoo

moljac024: thanks for the advice, but I would like to stick to lilo and understand why it doesn't work.

Thanks,
Pier

moljac024 · 2008-06-14 08:32:40

GRUB is technically a superior bootloader. You may fool around with LILO for a while, but it's time is up

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#1 2008-06-13 20:58:35

Arch and Gentoo on the same hda with lilo

#2 2008-06-13 21:10:28

Re: Arch and Gentoo on the same hda with lilo

#3 2008-06-13 22:10:21

Re: Arch and Gentoo on the same hda with lilo

#4 2008-06-14 07:26:12

Re: Arch and Gentoo on the same hda with lilo

#5 2008-06-14 08:32:40

Re: Arch and Gentoo on the same hda with lilo

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