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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA6580 ; Mon, 11 Jan 93 02:08:38 EST Xref: sserve comp.os.linux:22540 comp.unix.bsd:9872 Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!think.com!ames!pacbell.com!iggy.GW.Vitalink.COM!cs.widener.edu!dsinc!ub!acsu.buffalo.edu!jmsimon From: jmsimon@acsu.buffalo.edu (JMS) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd Subject: [Q] How do _you_ boot 386BSD with LILOv8 ? Summary: I am having -(luck) trying to get this working! Keywords: LILO, 386BSD, Linux Message-ID: <C0srFD.870@acsu.buffalo.edu> Date: 13 Jan 93 14:40:25 GMT Sender: nntp@acsu.buffalo.edu Organization: UB Lines: 33 Nntp-Posting-Host: autarch.acsu.buffalo.edu Subject pretty much says it all. I have only 3 partitions on a 200mb IDE (DOS 5.0, Linux 0.98, 386BSD 0.1 [in that order]) that I'd like to boot with Lilo version 8. DOS and Linux (actually, 3 different Linux images) boot fine. Trying to boot 386BSD simply reboots the system; my guess is I have the range set wrong. Trying to use chain.b failed (version 8 of Lilo seems to check for a valid boot signature, and fails for 386BSD). Any help would be greatly appreciated. Also: 386BSD gurus >> is there any reason why 386BSD will not recognize or understand (or use) logical drives in an extended partition? To compund problems, if an extended partition is even on the drive, disklabel cannot correctly read or write the label! I'd like to have (on the IDE): DOS, 386BSD, Linux root, 386BSD swap, Linux swap. I also have a 340mb SCSI where I intend to put the 386BSD source tree, /usr, Linux /usr, and a /home partition for each. Again, same problem if 386BSD won't allow me to use more than 4 partitions per drive. Thanks much (and point me to a FAQ if this is answered: I have checked all the FAQ's and docs found on 386BSD and LILO that I know of, but there may be more :D ) JMS -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Jeffrey M. Simon INTERNET: jmsimon@cs.buffalo.edu 112 Fairgreen BITNET: jmsimon%cs.buffalo.edu@ubvm.bitnet Amherst, NY 14228 UUCP: ...!{rutgers,uunet}!cs.buffalo.edu!jmsimon