Very Computer

I am having problems with setting Linux up with dos and os/2 warp.

I have tried using os/2's boot manager and LILO under all configurations
that I can think of.

Is there a way to get all three co-existing on my system with out having
to kill one of them?  (I know that it works fine with out os/2).

Unfortunately, I can't even get back into linux with out doing a
complete re-install.

Chad Peters

On Tue, 21 Jan 1997 08:39:07 -0800, Chad Peters

Note it is possible to do this without using BootManager - but only,
and someone correct me here if I'm wrong, by using a version of LILO
(17) that allows the partition table to be re-written on each boot.
Otherwise, booting OS/2 kills Win95 because the former messes around
with the OS Type byte in the partition table.

Now to the details. There is only one HD in my system, partitioned as
follows:

Disk /dev/hda: 128 heads, 63 sectors, 787 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 8064 * 512 bytes

   Device Boot   Begin    Start      End   Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1   *        1        1      127   512032+   6  DOS 16-bit >=
32M
/dev/hda2          346      346      786  1778112    5  Extended
/dev/hda3          330      330      345    64512   83  Linux native
/dev/hda4          128      128      329   814464    7  OS/2 HPFS
/dev/hda5   *      346      346      422   310432+  83  Linux native
/dev/hda6   *      423      423      584   653152+  83  Linux native
/dev/hda7   *      602      602      786   745888+   6  DOS 16-bit

Quote:>=32M

and lilo.conf goes something like this:

boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=50
linear

image=/boot/vmlinuz
        label=linux
        root=/dev/hda3
        read-only

other=/dev/hda1
        label=dos
        table=/dev/hda
        rewrite-table

other=/dev/hda4
        label=os2
        table=/dev/hda
        rewrite-table

Note that if you have two physical drives, the above approach may not
be a good idea - the docs that come with LILO say that the
rewrite-table option was removed in later versions because it didn't
always do what it was supposed to. You have been warned!!

Quote:>Unfortunately, I can't even get back into linux with out doing a
>complete re-install.

Craig

I found a HOW-TO that told me several things I needed to know to make
this work:

a. The drive where the Linux partition will reside must be partitioned
with OS/2's FDISK, so that Boot Manger will be able to recognize the
Linux partition. You will have to use Linux FDISK to set the correct
partition type for Linux. You should also format the partition that
Linux will go in with OS/2 or DOS FORMAT (this may not be necessary for
Warp 3 or 4, but I did it just in case).

b. LILO must be installed in the Linux superblock, not in the Master
Boot Record of the first physical drive of your system. Even if you only
have one physical drive LILO goes in the Linux superblock in the Linux
partition. OS/2's Boot Manager owns the Master Boot Record.

Look for the HOW-TOO on web, it gives a clear explanation of what you
need to do, and why.

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-   Doug Yriart        http://www.vais.net/~dfyriart  -
-           Running on OS2/ and Linux                 -
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Argue for your limitations,
And sure enough,
They're yours.

Richard S. Bach. 'Illusions'.
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Subject:      Linux Linux+OS2+DOS mini-HOWTO (part 1/1)

Date:         1996/10/14


Followup-To:  poster
Summary:      How to use Linux and OS/2 and DOS together
Organization: Linux HOWTO Project
Keywords:     Linux, LILO, OS/2, DOS
Newsgroups:   comp.os.linux.answers
Nntp-Posting-User: gregh

Archive-name: linux/howto/mini/linux+os2+dos
Last-modified: 2 Jun 96

I had bootmanager set up for DOS and OS/2 anyway, then simply
used OS/2's fdisk to make the Linux partition, then added it to the
BM menu. Then (it has to be after, I think) I used Linux install to
change the partition type and installed LILO on the superblock of
that PARTITION, and not the MBR.

So, BM loads LILO which then loads Linux.

P.S. the ONLY partition that has to be a primary one is DOS.

__________________________________
David Demmer
Ontario Laser & Lightwave Research Centre

http://www.ollrc.on.ca