m thompso wrote:
Lenz,
One final question...I hope I can return the favor in some way for all your help.
My /boot partition resides above cylinder 1024. I want change my /boot partition from /dev/hde20 to /dev/hde8. I copied the contents of /dev/hde20 to /dev/hde8 (after mounting /dev/hde8 as /mnt/temp). I then setup my boot manager to boot from partition /dev/hde8. I then rebooted the PC and chose to boot from this new entry in my boot manager, but the computer did nothing. I am trying to eliminate the need for a SuSE disk to boot SuSE Linux.
I think I need to somehow install LILO to the first sector of partition /dev/hde8 after copying the files from hde20 to hde8. Is this correct? How do I do this?
Yes, that's right. I think this is in the manual somewhere, and also 'man lilo.conf'. As far as I can tell, you should change the following lines in your /etc/lilo.conf (assuming it is otherwise set up correctly and that /dev/hde22 is your root partition): boot = /dev/hde8 root = /dev/hde22 and then run lilo. Make sure you don't loose that boot disk though, just in case...
BTW - That solution, that you suggested in your last E-mail about using /mnt instead of /, worked wonderfully. I was able to install SuSE Linux 6.3 successfully!
Lenz saves the day again!
If successful, we will prove that a person can use YAST2 and still install to non-adjacent partitions. I have high hopes!
Don't we all ;-) Hope that helps, Chris -- __ _ -o)/ / (_)__ __ ____ __ Chris Reeves /\\ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / ICQ# 22219005 _\_v __/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/Support/Doku/FAQ/