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Lilo on NON-Linux/NON-Intel systems ?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ray Curtis)
Thu Nov 14 14:03:25 1996
Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 13:48:21 -0500
From: ray@fred.net (Ray Curtis)
To: plussier@isd.3com.com
CC: redhat-list@redhat.com
In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.93.961114123828.20363I-100000@martin-9>
Reply-To: ray@fred.net
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Paul Lussier writes:
>
> Hi all,
>
> This is probably a FAQ and I'm heading there in a minute, but I was
> wondering if lilo can be used as boot manager for other than linux and on
> other than Intel platforms? I happen to have an IBM (insert shudder here
> :) RD/6000 that needs dual boot capabilty between 2 different versions of
> AIX (another shudder). My boss, who refuses to listen to any good ideas,
> wants to have one of out hardware engineers build a "SCSI switch" that
> will swap the SCSI ID of the 2 hard drives and that way always be able to
> boot off of the "Boot drive".
>
> What I'd like to do is use lilo and be able to have a menu of available
> OSs to choose from. That way the person can choose at boot time, and
> there's no danger of some one saying "Hey, what's this switch for?" and
> then swap SCSI IDs while on-line! (I'd love to see those crash messages :)
>
> Any idea if this can be done? Or, does anyone else have an idea as to how
> to get an RS/6000 to be dual bootable?
If I understand you correctly all you need it to add a line to your
lilo.conf file and you can boot from any of these images or OS's:
append = "linux mem=64M"
boot=/dev/sda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
message = /etc/lilo/message.text <--- THIS LINE
prompt
timeout=500
image=/boot/linux-2.0.23
label=linux
root=/dev/sda3
read-only
alias=l
append="linux ether=0,0x0220,eth0"
image=/boot/linux-2.0.18
label=linux-backup
root=/dev/sda3
# initrd=/boot/initrd
read-only
alias=lb
append= "linux ether=0,0x0220,eth0"
other=/dev/sda1
label=win
table=/dev/sda
alias=dos
------------------------ message.txt ----------------------------------
#############################################################################
LINUX HOST 'PICARD'
Type:
"Linux' Linux --------------> Linux-2.0.23 Alias = l
'Linux-Backup' Linux-Backup -------> Linux-2.0.18 Alias = lb
'Win' Win ----------------> Windows 95 Alias = dos
Tab: shows everything to type in at boot time, 'Linux' is default !
#############################################################################
You realize it will boot from the first image you list after
the delay of 500 seconds that I use, if you don't pick one.
Hope this helps,
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email: ray@fred.net
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