Triple Booting Trouble: Slackware, Ubuntu & Windows Vista...

[biz004]

Well, Hi all ^^:

I have installed, since one or two months ago a Slackware 12 distro installed onto a USB Hard Disk. My partition table is the next:

Disco /dev/sda: 500.1 GB, 500107862016 bytes
255 cabezas, 63 sectores/pista, 60801 cilindros
Unidades = cilindros de 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Disposit. Inicio Comienzo Fin Bloques Id Sistema
/dev/sda1 * 1 59891 481070048+ 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sda2 59891 60802 7314432 7 HPFS/NTFS

Disco /dev/sdb: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
156 cabezas, 56 sectores/pista, 17891 cilindros
Unidades = cilindros de 8736 * 512 = 4472832 bytes

Disposit. Inicio Comienzo Fin Bloques Id Sistema
/dev/sdb1 1 1789 7812500 83 Linux
/dev/sdb2 17568 17891 1415232 82 Linux swap
/dev/sdb3 * 12989 17567 20001072 7 HPFS/NTFS
/dev/sdb4 1789 12988 48919056 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 1789 4560 12105551+ 83 Linux
/dev/sdb6 4561 12988 36813476 83 Linux

Las entradas de la tabla de particiones no están en el orden del disco

Disco /dev/sdg: 160.0 GB, 160041885696 bytes
255 cabezas, 63 sectores/pista, 19457 cilindros
Unidades = cilindros de 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

Disposit. Inicio Comienzo Fin Bloques Id Sistema
/dev/sdg1 2 19457 156280320 f W95 Ext'd (LBA)
/dev/sdg5 2 19457 156280288+ 7 HPFS/NTFS

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Where:
sda = Primary Internal Disk with Windows Vista
sdb = External USB Disk with Slackware on sdb6. sdb3 is a shared partition who can write and see Linux and Windows.
sdg = A Personal Media Drive bundled by HP.

Well, I decided to put Slackware on the External HDD because this PC still in Warranty Period. Now, i want give a try with an Ubuntu Gutsy installation, but i have some problems in this step, because i don't get the way to boot ubuntu. My boot loader is Lilo v. 22.8 and the lilo.conf shows the next:

# LILO configuration file
#

# Start LILO global section
boot = /dev/sda
message = /boot/boot_message.txt
prompt
timeout = 1200
# Override dangerous defaults that rewrite the partition table:
change-rules
reset
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x256
vga = 773

# Windows bootable partition config begins
other = /dev/sda1
label = Windows
table = /dev/sda
# Windows bootable partition config ends

# Linux bootable partition config begins
image = /boot/vmlinuz-bizgen-1
initrd = /boot/initrd2.gz
root = /dev/sdb6
label = Linux-biz
read-only
# Linux bootable partition config ends

# Linux bootable partition config begins
image = /boot/vmlinuz
initrd = /boot/initrd2.gz
root = /dev/sdb6
label = Linux
read-only
# Linux bootable partition config ends

# Linux-mce bootable partition config begins
image = /boot/ubuntu/vmlinuz-2.6.22-14-generic
initrd = /boot/ubuntu/initrd.img-2.6.22-14-generic
# root = /dev/sdb5
# append = "root=/dev/sdg5"
# append = "quiet splash"
label = Media-Center
read-only
# Linux-mce bootable partition config ends

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The last entry of lilo.conf was added by me, but i don't know if i'm passing the correct parameters onto ubuntu kernel to boot correctly. Actually, ubuntu boots, but the screen don't show anything. I've pressed the Ctrl+F1 combination, but doesn't works.

Almost i forget to say that ubuntu was installed on the 5th partition of the USB-disk, but in the moment of installation of ubuntu, the installer gives to me that partition was called sdg5 and not sdb5....

Well, i hope you can help me a bit ^^

See you ^^

[devils casper]

The last entry of lilo.conf was added by me, but i don't know if i'm passing the correct parameters onto ubuntu kernel to boot correctly. Actually, ubuntu boots, but the screen don't show anything. I've pressed the Ctrl+F1 combination, but doesn't works.

Does it throw any error message? Did you execute lilo command after editing lilo.conf file?

[biz004]

No, sorry but nothing appears. The unique boot signal that i see is the tinkle of usb cordless mouse. Yes, i've executed lilo after my edition of the lilo.conf. After that, i've installed Ubuntu Edgy 6.10, but it doesn't boot. But in this, Ubuntu shows me what happens inside, showing the kernel messages. And now, this ubuntu, doesn't show anything on screen, it's just black.

Well, i will see on the net if i find something that can help me

See you ^^