bootloader

[david]

On Thu, 2004-12-30 at 10:35, Le grand pinguin wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 10:22:19AM +0000, david wrote:
> > On Thu, 2004-12-30 at 09:32, Sean Miller wrote:
> > > david wrote:
> > > 
> > > >Greetings,
> > > >
> > > >I'm dual booting Ubuntu and Mandrake, I was fiddling with the Mandrake
> > > >Lilo config and it reinstalled itself over the Ubuntu bootloader. Can I
> > > >reinstall the Ubuntu loader? I can't see any options on the install cd
> > > >to do this. I really don't want to have to reinstall Ubuntu. I've tried
> > > >pointing Mandrakes lilo at Ubuntu but with no luck.
> > > >  
> > > >
> > > Please post details of your lilo config -- there should be no reason, as 
> > > far as I know, why it should not start Ubuntu... if you tell us what 
> > > you've tried perhaps somebody can spot the error.
> > > 
> > > Best Wishes,
> > > 
> > > Sean
> > 
> > The appropriate section is as follows:
> > 
> > image=/boot/vmlinuz
> > 	label="ubuntu"
> > 	root=/dev/hda3
> > 	initrd=/boot/initrd.img-2.6.8.1-4-386
> > 	read-only
> 
> This is pretty much a shot into the dark, but, since your
> '/' seems to be on hda3, is it possible that '/boot' is actually
> a separate partition (like, say hda1)? Iff so than you need to 
> adapt the path for your kernel image and initrd.
> 
>  hth Ralf Mattes
> 
> > David
> > 

The disk layout is as follows:
hda1 = swap
hda5 = mandrake's root
hda6 = the home partition for mandrake
hda3 = ubuntu's root

Only mandrake uses the home partition. Though I have mounted the
mandrake partitions under ubuntu and the ubuntu partition for mandrake,
but these are not boot issues. Both /boot dir's are in their respective
/'s and do not have their own partitions.

David