SuSE Linux: All versions
The following example of a suitable LILO configuration file /etc/lilo.conf
assumes that the start partitions for DOS (primary) and Linux (primary) are located on
the first hard disk whereas the OS/2 partition (logical) is located on the second hard disk.
As usual, these partitions must be within the 1024 cylinders limit (cf.:
http://sdb.suse.de/sdb/en/html/1024_Zylinder.html). Since OS/2 is located on the
second disk, the special loader /boot/os2_b.b
is used instead of
the usual loader /boot/chain.b
.
The MBR may come either from MSDOS or from OS/2. Set the LILO partition (i.e. the Linux start
partition) to active with an fdisk
program in the partition table.
Note that the partition and kernel names in the example below must BE ADAPTED to your system. Please take the comments into consideration.
# LILO configuration file # Start LILO global Section boot = /dev/sda4 # ADAPT: LILO in the Linux root partition # ACTIVATE this partition # Delete the comment sign (#) if you want the LILO greeting message previously # saved in /boot/message to be displayed at every system start # message = /boot/message # greeting screen prompt delay = 100 vga = normal # # Linux boot partition configuration image = /vmlinuz # ADAPT: the kernel label = linux root = /dev/sda4 # ADAPT: Linux root partition # Linux boot partition configuration: end # # OS/2 boot partition (second hard disk) configuration other = /dev/sdb5 # ADAPT: OS/2 system partition table = /dev/sdb # ADAPT: hard disks device label = os2 loader = /boot/os2_b.b # OS/2 boot partition configuration: end # Hereby (disabled) the simplest entry for an # OS/2 system partition on the first hard disk: # # OS/2 boot partition (first hard disk) configuration # other = /dev/sda5 # ADAPT: OS/2 system partition # table = /dev/sda # ADAPT: hard disks device # label = os2 # OS/2 boot partition configuration: end # # DOS boot partition configuration other = /dev/sda1 # ADAPT: DOS system partition !! table = /dev/sda # ADAPT: hard disks device label = dos # DOS boot partition configuration: end