partitions

fdisk

~$ /sbin/fdisk -l

Disk /dev/hda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hda1               1           8       64228+  83  Linux
/dev/hda2   *           9          16       64260   83  Linux
/dev/hda3              17         338     2586465   83  Linux
/dev/hda4             339       14593   114503287+   5  Extended
/dev/hda5             339         370      257008+  82  Linux swap
/dev/hda6             371         692     2586433+  83  Linux
/dev/hda7             693         756      514048+  83  Linux
/dev/hda8             757        1712     7679038+  83  Linux
/dev/hda9            1713        4272    20563168+  83  Linux
/dev/hda10           4273        9432    41447668+  83  Linux
/dev/hda11           9433       14592    41447668+  83  Linux
/dev/hda12          14593       14593        8001   83  Linux

Disk /dev/hdc: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 9729 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/hdc1               1           8       64228+  83  Linux
/dev/hdc2               9          16       64260   83  Linux
/dev/hdc3              17         338     2586465   83  Linux
/dev/hdc4             339        9727    75417142+   5  Extended
/dev/hdc5             339         370      257008+  82  Linux swap
/dev/hdc6             371         692     2586433+  83  Linux
/dev/hdc7             693         756      514048+  83  Linux
/dev/hdc8             757        1712     7679038+  83  Linux
/dev/hdc9            1713        4272    20563168+  83  Linux
/dev/hdc10           4273        9432    41447668+  83  Linux
/dev/hdc11           9433        9727     2369556   83  Linux

mount

~$ df
Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda3              2586348    604584   1981764  24% /
/dev/hdc3              2586348   2141760    444588  83% /usr
/dev/hda6              2586348   2276308    310040  89% /home/grant/linux
/dev/hda9             20562504  10949964   9612540  54% /home/install
/dev/hdc9             20562504  16739764   3822740  82% /home/public
/dev/hda10            41446344  39676256   1770088  96% /home/archive
deltree:/home/mirror  32900048  23820976   9079072  73% /home/mirror
deltree:/home/share    8224960   3854336   4370624  47% /home/share

rationale

active flag
Although not used by lilo, the active flag is set simply to indicate the main boot partition for debug / recovery purposes.

lilo.conf

# /etc/lilo.conf for slackware on peetoo 2005-02-10

boot = /dev/hda
root = /dev/hda3
read-only
compact
lba32
prompt
timeout = 50

# vesa| 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024
# ---- -------- -------- ---------
# 256 |  0x303    0x305    0x307
# 32k |  0x313    0x316    0x319
# 64k |  0x314    0x317    0x31A
# 16M |  0x315    0x318    0x31B
vga = 0x303
append = "video=vesafb:mtrr,ywrap"

default = 2.6.17.13a
#default = 2.6.16.30-pre1a
#default = 2.4.34-pre3
#default = 2.4.33.3
#default = 2.4.32-hf32.7
#default = 2.4.31-hf32.7
#default = 2.4.30-hf32.7

image = /boot/bzImage-2.6.18-mm1b
  label = 2.6.18-mm1b
  optional

image = /boot/bzImage-2.6.18-mm1a
  label = 2.6.18-mm1a
  optional

image = /boot/bzImage-2.6.18a
  label = 2.6.18a
  optional

image = /boot/bzImage-2.6.17.13a
  label = 2.6.17.13a
  optional

image = /boot/bzImage-2.6.16.30-pre1a
  label = 2.6.16.30-pre1a
  optional

image = /boot/bzImage-2.4.34-pre3
  label = 2.4.34-pre3
  optional

image = /boot/bzImage-2.4.33.3
  label = 2.4.33.3
  optional

image = /boot/bzImage-2.4.32-hf32.7
  label = 2.4.32-hf32.7
  optional

image = /boot/bzImage-2.4.31-hf32.7
  label = 2.4.31-hf32.7
  optional

image = /boot/bzImage-2.4.30-hf32.7
  label = 2.4.30-hf32.7
  optional

image = /boot/vmlinuz-ide-2.4.31
  label = Slack-2.4.31
  append = ""

# end