[H-GEN] lilo down, I'm bummed

[Jimmy Freese]

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Thanks for the info.
One problem, in the rescue mode that I am in, which I got from the install
CD, when I type lilo I get:
/etc/lilo.conf: no such file or directory

I am able to see my lilo.conf in /mnt/etc/lilo.conf
The top part looks like:
boot=/dev/hda6 (for some reason my partitions are /dev/hda1 for win and
                hda6 for linux)
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
vga=normal
default=windows (my girlfriend made me do that)
keytable=/boot/us.kit
lba32
prompt
nowarn
timeout=50
message=/boot/message
menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw (this one I am not too sure about)
ignore-table
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.18-6mdk
	label=old)_linux
	root=/dev/hda6
	initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.18-6mdk.img
	append="devfs=mount"
	read-only

...Theres more

(typed the above by hand as the floppy doesnt work in this mode)

What is menu-scheme? On a previous upgrade it had little smiley faces
where the lilo prompt was, those iddn't look normal.



Things are now not as bad as I once thought. I can now see bot hsides of
my disk, win and linux. 



At the end of the install of both 8.1 and 8.2 I was given a choice of
either grub, lilo with graphics or lilo with text (that last one is the
one I picked). 

Thanks very much for any advice.

Jimmy

On Thu, 4 Apr 2002, Sandra Milne wrote:

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> Ok, I'm assuming you know which partition you've installed linux onto. Boot 
> with a rescue disk, then at the prompt type the following:
> rescue root=/dev/hda2 boot=/dev/hda
> (this is assuming your linux partition is /dev/hda2, if not, substitute the 
> correct settings)
> when u get into linux, log in as root and type:
> lilo
> at the prompt. this should restore your master boot record. If you're 
> concerned it hasn't been set up correctly by Mandrake, try having a look at 
> /etc/lilo.conf and checking over your settings.
> Btw, how'd u get Mandrake to use lilo and not grub? I recently installed 
> 8.1 and I didn't get a choice :-(
> 
> Sandra.
> 
> At 22:08 3/04/2002 -1000, you wrote:
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> >Just tried to do an upgrade of my Mandrake 8.1 system to 8.2. Couldn't get
> >it to see the network card so I did another upgrade with different
> >settings for the card. Now when I boot the system I get 01 01 01 01
> >forever, no lilo. Tried to use the disk for rescue and it seems to show
> >that the
> >partitions are in place but I can't figure out how to boot in either win or
> >linux. The system is a dual boot with Win ME and mandrake.
> >
> >I backed up a few things but not nearly as much as I would have liked to,
> >especially on the win side.
> >
> >I think I might puke.
> >
> >Any help would be really great as I am in bad shape.
> >
> >Thanks
> >Jimmy
> >
> >
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