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john Culleton

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Feb 14, 2013, 6:10:02 PM2/14/13
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As recommended I replaced my Knoppix install with Wheezy. Now I need to
add this partition to my lilo.conf file in my main partition (grub is
not an option here.) Here is the lilo code that booted Knoppix OK.
Unfortunately it doesn't boot Wheezy. I linked the vmlinux(etc) file to
vmlinux in the boot partition. That didn't help.

What should I put in my lilo.conf? Here is a fragment from what I
have now:

# Linux bootable partition config begins
image = /sda2/boot/vmlinuz
root = /dev/sda2
label = wheezy
read-only
# Partitions should be mounted read-only for checking
# Linux bootable partition config ends

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Sune Vuorela

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Feb 14, 2013, 6:30:01 PM2/14/13
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On 2013-02-14, john Culleton <Jo...@wexfordpress.com> wrote:
> As recommended I replaced my Knoppix install with Wheezy. Now I need to
> add this partition to my lilo.conf file in my main partition (grub is
> not an option here.) Here is the lilo code that booted Knoppix OK.
> Unfortunately it doesn't boot Wheezy. I linked the vmlinux(etc) file to
> vmlinux in the boot partition. That didn't help.

last century called. they want their bootloader back :)

>
> What should I put in my lilo.conf? Here is a fragment from what I
> have now:
>
> # Linux bootable partition config begins
> image = /sda2/boot/vmlinuz
> root = /dev/sda2
> label = wheezy
> read-only
> # Partitions should be mounted read-only for checking
> # Linux bootable partition config ends

>From my long and forgotten lilo.conf file:

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-686
label="32-5"
initrd=/boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-686
read-only
optional

I guess the difference from what you are doing is that you miss a initrd
image if you use a distribution kernel...

/Sune


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Martin Eberhard Schauer

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Feb 15, 2013, 2:30:02 AM2/15/13
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john Culleton wrote:
> As recommended I replaced my Knoppix install with Wheezy. Now I need to
> add this partition to my lilo.conf file in my main partition (grub is
> not an option here.) Here is the lilo code that booted Knoppix OK.
> Unfortunately it doesn't boot Wheezy. I linked the vmlinux(etc) file to
> vmlinux in the boot partition. That didn't help.
>
> What should I put in my lilo.conf? Here is a fragment from what I
> have now:
>
Have a look at the docs. As far as I remember you have to run lilo
again after configuration changes.


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wexfordpress

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Feb 16, 2013, 12:50:01 PM2/16/13
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On Feb 15, 2:30 am, Martin Eberhard Schauer <Martin.E.Scha...@gmx.de>
wrote:
> john Culleton wrote:
> > As recommended I replaced my Knoppix install with Wheezy. Now I need to
> > add this partition to mylilo.conf file in my main partition (grub is
> > not an option here.) Here is thelilocode that booted Knoppix OK.
> > Unfortunately it doesn't boot Wheezy. I linked the vmlinux(etc) file to
> > vmlinux in the boot partition. That didn't help.
>
> > What should I put in mylilo.conf? Here is a fragment from what I
> > have now:
>
> Have a look at the docs. As far as I remember you have to runlilo
> again after configuration changes.
>
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Yes I ran lilo again. Since I am not able to boot debian at the moment
I can't look at the docs. Will try ssh and see if that works

John C.


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john Culleton

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Feb 18, 2013, 4:40:02 PM2/18/13
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Sat, 16 Feb 2013 09:36:57 -0800 (PST)
wexfordpress <jo...@wexfordpress.com> wrote:

> On Feb 15, 2:30 am, Martin Eberhard Schauer <Martin.E.Scha...@gmx.de>
> wrote:

>
> Yes I ran lilo again. Since I am not able to boot debian at the moment
> I can't look at the docs. Will try ssh and see if that works
>
> John C.
>
>
Here is my successful patch. I found out that one of the links in
Debian / directory points to a nonexistent file.

# Linux bootable partition config begins
image = /sda2/vmlinuz
initrd = /sda2/boot/initrd
root = /dev/sda2
label = wheezy
read-only
# Partitions should be mounted read-only for checking
# Linux bootable partition config ends



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