Boot Disk

Ghost Dawg · 2002-10-28 10:36:37

Hi all. I think Im ready to give AL a try. I'm not brand new with Linux but not a guru either. My current working version is Slack 8.0 with Win. XP Pro and want to add AL to the mix.

Is there a way to create a boot disk for AL before doing the final reboot? I would like to install AL and add it to Slack's lilo.

Can I add the required info to Slack's lilo and don't add a AL lilo file?

Any ideas/suggestions?

Thnx.

apeiro · 2002-10-28 16:16:35

Yea, you can add an arch section to the lilo.conf in your slackware partition. It will look something like this:

boot=/dev/discs/disc0/disc
default=slackware
timeout=50
prompt

image=/boot/vmlinuz-slack
        label=slackware
        root=/dev/discs/disc0/part3
        read-only

image=/boot/vmlinuz-arch
        label=arch
        root=/dev/discs/disc0/part4
        read-only

other=/dev/discs/disc0/part1
        label=winxp

I'd recommend sharing a /boot partition for the slack and arch systems, and keeping both kernels (one for arch, one for slack) in there.

You can download bootdisk images from ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/images/

Ghost Dawg · 2002-10-29 07:00:15

Thnx for the reply. Another question, would I use the exact /dev/disc/disc0/disc for my setup? And with the root= part, I don't understand the /dev/disc/disc0/partX ?

My partitions is like this.

/dev/hda1=winxp
/dev/hda5=/boot
/dev/hda6=/root
/dev/hda7=/swap

Arch will go on /dev/hda11=/root

Can you give an example on this layout?

Thnx.

apeiro · 2002-10-29 19:21:05

Same thing as my example above, just change the root partitions. /dev/hda1 is the same as /dev/discs/disc0/part1, /dev/hdb2 would be /dev/discs/disc1/part2. With DevFS, discs count up from 0 and partitions count up from 1.

Make sure you've got a boot disk or some alternative method of booting, just in case something screws up. I find that things usually only screw up when you DON'T have a boot disk. Such is life.

boot=/dev/discs/disc0/disc
default=slackware
timeout=50
prompt

image=/boot/vmlinuz-slack
        label=slackware
        root=/dev/discs/disc0/part6
        read-only

image=/boot/vmlinuz-arch
        label=arch
        root=/dev/discs/disc0/part11
        read-only

other=/dev/discs/disc0/part1
        label=winxp

Ghost Dawg · 2002-10-30 06:42:35

Thnx again...I'll give it a shot when I get my ISO.

Arch Linux

#1 2002-10-28 10:36:37

Boot Disk

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Re: Boot Disk

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