Date: Tue, 12 Dec 2000 23:46:41 -0500 (EST) From: "Robert V. Sigillito" <rsigill@aplcenMP.apl.jhu.edu> Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.10.10012122334260.19613-100000@aplcenMP.apl.jhu.edu> Subject: Dumb SILO question
I've installed SuSe 7.0 on an Ultra 5 at work and really like it. So I
decided to try it at home on my way slower Sparc 5 110mhz. The Sparc 5 has
two 9gb disks. The bottom disk (disk1 sd@3, SuSe defined 'sdc') has
Solaris 8 on it. The top disk (disk2 sd@1, SuSe defined 'sda') I've
installed SuSe 7.0. When it came to the question at installation about
where to put SILO I opted for sda, the disk I was installing SuSe on. The
rest of the installation went fine. I logged in and decided to reboot.
After rebooting I quickly did the <Stop>-A and tried to boot Linux. From
the 'ok' prompt I tried 'boot disk2:a', 'boot disk:b', and on and on. I'm
missing something simple because I never got anywhere.
As a side note, when the installation asks if you want to install SILO in
the MBR is that possible on a Sun hard disk? Will doing that screw up
Solaris and not allow it to boot?
And if I may push my luck and ask another question, I plan on purchasing
an Ultra 5 that I will install a 30gb IDE drive in. I'd like to run three
OS's: SuSe 7.0, Solaris 8 and Solaris 2.6. What would be the best course
of action to accomplish that? Install SuSe 7.0 first with SILO and then
the two versions of Solaris?
Sorry for all the questions.
Bob
Robert V. Sigillito | When I die, I want to go peacefully,
robert.sigillito@jhu.edu | in my sleep, like Grandfather did.
bobsigil@clark.net | Not like the passengers in his car,
robert.sigillito@lmco.com | screaming their heads off.
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