multiple distro lilo config error

[Davno]

I am trying to edit lilo to boot multiple distro like i succesfully did before (up to 4 o.s.) but this time i can not figure this out.
I have Window, Mandriva and Ubuntu installed. all working nice. Window and Mandriva on the MBR and the last install Ubuntu is booting only from a floppy.
Trying to edit Lilo to boot Ubuntu work past Lilo with no problem, some module get loaded (i have the nice brown ubuntu booting interface for a few second) then it goes to the cli mode with these errors.
/init : 1 : cannot open /dev/root : no such device or address and followed by this error (cannot read /etc/fstab.

lilo does point to hdb9 and the proper image and initrd.img and since i have the ubuntu interface i know it found hdb9, i tried with and without read-only. I dont think my lilo.conf is wrong but i have doubt about the fstab of Ubuntu.
Here is the lilo.conf followed by the fstab (with a strange error at the hdb9 line)

LILO

# File generated by DrakX/drakboot
# WARNING: do not forget to run lilo after modifying this file

default="Windows_xp"
boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
keytable=/boot/us.klt
menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
prompt
nowarn
timeout=100
message=/boot/message
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label="Mandriva_2006"
root=/dev/hdb10
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append=" resume=/dev/hdb11 splash=silent"
vga=788
image=/mnt/ubuntu/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.12-9-amd64-generic
label="Ubuntu_amd64"
root=/dev/hdb9
initrd=/mnt/ubuntu/boot/initrd.img-2.6.12-9-amd64-generic
append=" resume=/dev/hdb11 splash=silent"
read-only
other=/dev/hda1
label="Windows_xp"
table=/dev/hda

FSTAB

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
proc /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hdb9 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1
/dev/hda1 /media/hda1 vfat defaults 0 0
/dev/hda5 /media/hda5 vfat defaults 0 0
/dev/hda6 /media/hda6 vfat defaults 0 0
/dev/hdb1 /media/hdb1 vfat defaults 0 0
/dev/hdb10 /media/hdb10 ext3 defaults 0 2
/dev/hdb5 /media/hdb5 vfat defaults 0 0
/dev/hdb6 /media/hdb6 vfat defaults 0 0
/dev/hdb7 /media/hdb7 vfat defaults 0 0
/dev/hdb8 /media/hdb8 vfat defaults 0 0
/dev/hdb11 none swap sw 0 0
/dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
/dev/hdd /media/cdrom1 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0
/dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0

By the way this is not a real problem since i can boot Ubuntu with the floppy
but more of a challenge and trying to understand what is wrong. :)

[saikee]

I dabble Lilo a bit but never rely on it for serious underatkings.

I think Lilo doesn't like to have more than one "root" but can as many as 14 for the "other".

Therefore Lilo will boot Ubuntu if you use the same technique it boots Windows. To make it happen you need to do the following steps.

(1) The next time tou log into Ubuntu replicate its boot loader in hda9 by
lilo -b /dev/hda9
(2) When you are in Mandriva edit its /etc/lilo.conf (the one you put up in the thread) these extra lines
other=/dev/hda9
label="Ubuntu_amd64"
That should do it I think.

[Davno]

Thxs, Ill try this as soon as i get home and post back the result. :)