From: ganter@fvkmapc02.tu-graz.ac.at (Fritz Ganter) Subject: Re: OS/2 2.1 Boot mMgr and Linux Date: 3 Sep 1993 07:30:19 GMT
Holger Wiese (cindy@tron.gun.de) wrote:
: Am 26.08.93 um 03:35 schrieb IKS%BSU-CS.BSU.EDU@USENET.ZER unter dem Betreff OS/2 2.1 Boot mMgr and Linux:
: > I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this, but it is the only
: > newsgroup we get here. I have installed OS/2 2.1, Linux and the OS/2
: > Boot Manger program on my system. I can't get the OS/2 boot manager to
: > boot up the Linux partition. Here is my fdisk to show my setup:
: >
: > Disk /dev/hda: 8 heads, 46 sectors, 903 cylinders
: > Units = cylinders of 368 * 512 bytes
: >
: > Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System
: > /dev/hda1 620 620 902 52072 5 Extended
: > /dev/hda2 * 1 1 6 1081 a OPUS
: > /dev/hda3 7 7 619 112792 7 OS/2 HPFS
: > /dev/hda5 * 620 620 902 52049 81 Linux/MINIX
: >
: > I've read the FAQ and tried the command for lilo they give and here is
: > my result:
: Hi,
: i have tried successfully two ways to use OS/2 and Linux
: together. But it seems to be unpossible to boot Linux from
: the OS/2 Bootmanager directly. So try one of the following
: two ways.
: First: Install OS/2 with Bootmanager and then install LILO.
: Use LILO to start Linux or the OS/2 Bootmanager. Then use
: the Bootmanager to start OS/2 or DOS.
: Second: Install OS/2 and Linux and use LILO to boot OS/2,
: DOS, or Linux. Both ways worked without any problems.
: To my mind the second way is preferable, because you only
: need one bootmanager to start. No switching through LILO
: and the OS/2 Bootmanager.
: Give it a try. If you encounter problems send me an email
: and i will try to help as good as i can.
Hmm... long time ago, as I was 31 (now I'm 31 1/2 years old) I didn't
unterstand to configure lilo in the right way. So I configured it to write
its bootsector to my Linuxpartition, so it was bootable. After then I
reinstalled the OS/2 bootmanager with OS/2 fdisk and added the Linux entry.
It worked well!
In the meantime I became a old man and unterstand the secret of LILO and use
it instead of the OS/2 bootmanager, and I won 1 MB of disk space.
: Bye, Holger ...
Bye, Fritz.
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