Hello guys,
My pastime is simply installing and uninstalling various distros..So far I have sucess rate of 9 to 10 . Now I have downloaded VectorLinux live cd after trying it I want to install in mt harddisk ( 80 GB + 40 GB)
At present I have 9 linux distros with Windows XP spreading in the two disks. Almost all the distros that I have installed have grub as it bootloader so I have no problem. Simply editing the menu.lst file of the latest distro that installed helped me to have all the distros in the boot loader.
But Vector Linux use Lilo as the bootloader so grub is not recognising or refuse to work with it i tried with chain loader entry indicating its partition to Grub in the (SAM) PClinux OS which is my default OS for booting.. Some Body give me some hints what to do, i'll be thankful to them.
Vector bootloader is wrote on it root partition
I also give my menu.lst entry in the SAM PCLinux OS..
Thanking you,
Vaithy
<menu.lst>
timeout 10
color black/cyan yellow/cyan
gfxmenu (hd1,6)/usr/share/gfxboot/themes/pclinuxos/boot/message
default 0
title SAM Pclinux OS-2007
kernel (hd1,6)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=SAM_Pclinux_OS-2007 root=/dev/hdb7 splash=silent vga=788
initrd (hd1,6)/boot/initrd.img
title linux-nonfb
kernel (hd1,6)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux-nonfb root=/dev/hdb7 splash=silent
initrd (hd1,6)/boot/initrd.img
title failsafe
kernel (hd1,6)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=failsafe root=/dev/hdb7 failsafe
initrd (hd1,6)/boot/initrd.img
title windows XP
root (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1
title openSUSE 10.2
kernel (hd1,6)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=openSUSE_10.2 root=/dev/hda7 showopts resume=/dev/hda6 elevator= splash=silent vga=0x317
initrd (hd1,6)/boot/initrd
title Freespire Ver. 1.0.13
kernel (hd0,9)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.14-gratis BOOT_IMAGE=Freespire_Ver._1.0.13 root=/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part10 rootdev=0x030a ramdisk=35392 video=vesafb:nomtrr jiffymount=noatime mem=nopentium resume2=swap:/dev/hda10:0x44000 splash=silent vga=0x311
initrd (hd0,9)/boot/initrd-2.6.14-gratis.gz
title Diagnostics
kernel (hd0,9)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.14-gratis BOOT_IMAGE=Diagnostics root=/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part10 noresume2 single Diagnostics rootdev=0x030a ramdisk=35392 video=vesafb:nomtrr jiffymount=noatime mem=nopentium resume2=swap:/dev/hda10:0x44000 splash=silent
initrd (hd0,9)/boot/initrd-2.6.14-gratis.gz
title MEPIS at hda11, kernel 2.6.15-26-386
kernel (hd0,10)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-26-386 BOOT_IMAGE=MEPIS_at_hda11,_kernel_2615-26- root=/dev/hda11 nomce quiet splash=silent vga=791
title Mandriva gnome-2007
kernel (hd0,8)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=Mandriva_gnome-2007 root=/dev/hda9 splash=silent vga=788
initrd (hd0,8)/boot/initrd.img
title Mandriva-2007
rootnoverify (hd0,7)
chainloader +1
title DreamLinux
# kernel path-to-kernel root=rootdevice kernelarguments
root (hd1,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb3 vga=0x317 vga=791 splash=silent nomce quiet
initrd = /boot/initrd
title Fedora Core (2.6.18-1.2798.fc6)
root (hd1,4)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6.img
My pastime is simply installing and uninstalling various distros..So far I have sucess rate of 9 to 10 . Now I have downloaded VectorLinux live cd after trying it I want to install in mt harddisk ( 80 GB + 40 GB)
At present I have 9 linux distros with Windows XP spreading in the two disks. Almost all the distros that I have installed have grub as it bootloader so I have no problem. Simply editing the menu.lst file of the latest distro that installed helped me to have all the distros in the boot loader.
But Vector Linux use Lilo as the bootloader so grub is not recognising or refuse to work with it i tried with chain loader entry indicating its partition to Grub in the (SAM) PClinux OS which is my default OS for booting.. Some Body give me some hints what to do, i'll be thankful to them.
Vector bootloader is wrote on it root partition
I also give my menu.lst entry in the SAM PCLinux OS..
Thanking you,
Vaithy
<menu.lst>
timeout 10
color black/cyan yellow/cyan
gfxmenu (hd1,6)/usr/share/gfxboot/themes/pclinuxos/boot/message
default 0
title SAM Pclinux OS-2007
kernel (hd1,6)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=SAM_Pclinux_OS-2007 root=/dev/hdb7 splash=silent vga=788
initrd (hd1,6)/boot/initrd.img
title linux-nonfb
kernel (hd1,6)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=linux-nonfb root=/dev/hdb7 splash=silent
initrd (hd1,6)/boot/initrd.img
title failsafe
kernel (hd1,6)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=failsafe root=/dev/hdb7 failsafe
initrd (hd1,6)/boot/initrd.img
title windows XP
root (hd0,0)
makeactive
chainloader +1
title openSUSE 10.2
kernel (hd1,6)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=openSUSE_10.2 root=/dev/hda7 showopts resume=/dev/hda6 elevator= splash=silent vga=0x317
initrd (hd1,6)/boot/initrd
title Freespire Ver. 1.0.13
kernel (hd0,9)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.14-gratis BOOT_IMAGE=Freespire_Ver._1.0.13 root=/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part10 rootdev=0x030a ramdisk=35392 video=vesafb:nomtrr jiffymount=noatime mem=nopentium resume2=swap:/dev/hda10:0x44000 splash=silent vga=0x311
initrd (hd0,9)/boot/initrd-2.6.14-gratis.gz
title Diagnostics
kernel (hd0,9)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.14-gratis BOOT_IMAGE=Diagnostics root=/dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part10 noresume2 single Diagnostics rootdev=0x030a ramdisk=35392 video=vesafb:nomtrr jiffymount=noatime mem=nopentium resume2=swap:/dev/hda10:0x44000 splash=silent
initrd (hd0,9)/boot/initrd-2.6.14-gratis.gz
title MEPIS at hda11, kernel 2.6.15-26-386
kernel (hd0,10)/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-26-386 BOOT_IMAGE=MEPIS_at_hda11,_kernel_2615-26- root=/dev/hda11 nomce quiet splash=silent vga=791
title Mandriva gnome-2007
kernel (hd0,8)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=Mandriva_gnome-2007 root=/dev/hda9 splash=silent vga=788
initrd (hd0,8)/boot/initrd.img
title Mandriva-2007
rootnoverify (hd0,7)
chainloader +1
title DreamLinux
# kernel path-to-kernel root=rootdevice kernelarguments
root (hd1,2)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb3 vga=0x317 vga=791 splash=silent nomce quiet
initrd = /boot/initrd
title Fedora Core (2.6.18-1.2798.fc6)
root (hd1,4)
kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6 ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb quiet
initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6.img