[K12OSN] Dual Boot with LILO

Rob Owens rob.owens at biochemfluidics.com
Mon Jan 14 12:04:39 UTC 2008


You just need to set the clock on that machine or on your domain 
controller.  They are different, and kerberos complains if the clocks 
are too far apart (more than 5 minutes, I think, gives you an error 
message).

-Rob

Kemp, Levi wrote:
> Thanks again for the assistance. I eventually tried the Fedora Rescue CD 
> and was able to reload Grub with that. Of course now no one can log in 
> because
> 
> kinit(v5): Clock skew too great while getting initial credentials
> but I'll get it fixed I'm sure.
> 
> Levi Kemp
> Technology Specialist
> Bolivar R-1 Schools
> 417-328-8943
> lnkemp at bolivar.k12.mo.us
> 
> "The only secure computer is one that's unplugged, locked in a safe, and 
> buried 20 feet under the ground in a secret location... and I'm not even 
> too sure about that one" 
> 
>                 --Dennis Hughes, FBI
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com on behalf of Kemp, Levi
> Sent: Thu 1/10/2008 8:32 AM
> To: Support list for open source software in schools.
> Subject: RE: [K12OSN] Dual Boot with LILO
>  
> Here is a copy of the lilo.conf file. I also still have the /boot 
> partion which is not inside of the LVM originally created. I'm pretty 
> sure it's not even being used anymore. I was thinking if there was a way 
> to make that partition bootable again, and remove lilo that might work 
> too. Thanks for any help.
> 
> Levi Kemp
> Technology Specialist
> Bolivar R-1 Schools
> 417-328-8943
> lnkemp at bolivar.k12.mo.us
> 
> "The only secure computer is one that's unplugged, locked in a safe, and 
> buried 20 feet under the ground in a secret location... and I'm not even 
> too sure about that one" 
> 
>                 --Dennis Hughes, FBI
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com on behalf of James P. Kinney III
> Sent: Wed 1/9/2008 9:25 PM
> To: Support list for open source software in schools.
> Subject: RE: [K12OSN] Dual Boot with LILO
>  
> 
> On Wed, 2008-01-09 at 18:09 -0600, Kemp, Levi wrote:
>  > I didn't get a choice with edubuntu.
> 
> Eeewww. LILO is the reason grub was created.
> 
> If you can access one distro then you have a chance. By editing
> the /etc/lilo.conf file and reruning /sbin/lilo it will update the MBR
> boot code.
> 
> Now the updates are going to be the biggie and it's been a LONG time
> since I've tweaked anything. If you can send over what you have, we'll
> take a peek and see if there is something obvious.
>  >
>  > Levi Kemp
>  > Technology Specialist
>  > Bolivar R-1 Schools
>  > 417-328-8943
>  > lnkemp at bolivar.k12.mo.us
>  >
>  > "The only secure computer is one that's unplugged, locked in a safe, 
> and buried 20 feet under the ground in a secret location... and I'm not 
> even too sure about that one" 
> 
>  >
>  >               --Dennis Hughes, FBI
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: k12osn-bounces at redhat.com on behalf of Nils Breunese
>  > Sent: Wed 1/9/2008 5:12 PM
>  > To: Support list for open source software in schools.
>  > Subject: Re: [K12OSN] Dual Boot with LILO
>  > 
>  > Kemp, Levi wrote:
>  >
>  > > Is it possible to fix LILO after an install to dual boot? I did a 
>  > > dual install on a test machine with K12 and edubuntu, but can't seem 
>  > > to get back into K12 now. thanks!
>  >
>  > Don't both distributions use GRUB by default? Or did you explicitly 
>  > choose to use LILO?
>  >
>  > Nils Breunese.
>  >
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