[Techtalk] adding second hard drive

[Angelina Carlton]

On Thu, 2004-02-05 at 18:33, Kai MacTane wrote:

> Oh, okay. Then I guess the BIOS is seeing the drive just fine.
> 
> It looks like you're doing everything right, but obviously lilo is unhappy 
> anyway. Can you post your /etc/lilo.conf file? While you're at it, your 
> /etc/fstab file would be helpful, too.
> 
>                                                  --Kai MacTane
> ----------------------------------------------------
> "Soft and only you, lost and only you,
>   Strange as angels."
>                                                  --The Cure,
>                                                   "Just Like Heaven"


Here is my /etc/fstab

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point>   <type>  <options>               <dump> 
<pass>
/dev/hda2       /               ext3    errors=remount-ro       0      
1
/dev/hda1       none            swap    sw                      0      
0
proc            /proc           proc    defaults                0      
0
/dev/fd0        /floppy         auto    user,noauto             0      
0
/dev/cdrom      /cdrom          iso9660 ro,user,noauto          0      
0
none /proc/bus/usb usbfs defaults 0 0

and this is my /etc/lilo.conf...apologies for the length..


# Support LBA for large hard disks.
#
lba32

# Overrides the default mapping between harddisk names and the BIOS'
# harddisk order. Use with caution.
#disk=/dev/hde
#    bios=0x81

#disk=/dev/sda
#    bios=0x80

# Specifies the boot device.  This is where Lilo installs its boot
# block.  It can be either a partition, or the raw device, in which
# case it installs in the MBR, and will overwrite the current MBR.
#
boot=/dev/hda

# Specifies the device that should be mounted as root. (`/')
#
root=/dev/hda2

# Enable map compaction:
# Tries to merge read requests for adjacent sectors into a single
# read request. This drastically reduces load time and keeps the
# map smaller.  Using `compact' is especially recommended when
# booting from a floppy disk.  It is disabled here by default
# because it doesn't always work.
#
# compact

# Installs the specified file as the new boot sector
# You have the choice between: bmp, compat, menu and text
# Look in /boot/ and in lilo.conf(5) manpage for details
#
install=/boot/boot-menu.b

# Specifies the location of the map file
#
map=/boot/map

# You can set a password here, and uncomment the `restricted' lines
# in the image definitions below to make it so that a password must
# be typed to boot anything but a default configuration.  If a
# command line is given, other than one specified by an `append'
# statement in `lilo.conf', the password will be required, but a
# standard default boot will not require one.
#
# This will, for instance, prevent anyone with access to the
# console from booting with something like `Linux init=/bin/sh',
# and thus becoming `root' without proper authorization.
#
# Note that if you really need this type of security, you will
# likely also want to use `install-mbr' to reconfigure the MBR
# program, as well as set up your BIOS to disallow booting from
# removable disk or CD-ROM, then put a password on getting into the
# BIOS configuration as well.  Please RTFM `install-mbr(8)'.
#
# password=tatercounter2000

# Specifies the number of deciseconds (0.1 seconds) LILO should
# wait before booting the first image.
#
delay=20

# You can put a customized boot message up if you like.  If you use
# `prompt', and this computer may need to reboot unattended, you
# must specify a `timeout', or it will sit there forever waiting
# for a keypress.  `single-key' goes with the `alias' lines in the
# `image' configurations below.  eg: You can press `1' to boot
# `Linux', `2' to boot `LinuxOLD', if you uncomment the `alias'.
#
# message=/boot/bootmess.txt
#       prompt
#       single-key
#       delay=100
#       timeout=100

# Specifies the VGA text mode at boot time. (normal, extended, ask,
<mode>)
#
# vga=ask
# vga=9
#
vga=normal

# Kernel command line options that apply to all installed images go
# here.  See: The `boot-prompt-HOWO' and `kernel-parameters.txt' in
# the Linux kernel `Documentation' directory.
#
# append=""

# Boot up Linux by default.
#
default=Linux

image=/vmlinuz
        label=Linux
        read-only
#       restricted
#       alias=1

image=/vmlinuz.old
        label=LinuxOLD
        read-only
        optional
#       restricted
#       alias=2

# If you have another OS on this machine to boot, you can uncomment the
# following lines, changing the device name on the `other' line to
# where your other OS' partition is.
#
# other=/dev/hda4
#       label=HURD
#       restricted
#       alias=3

thanks again,

aec