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

[Johann Kwiatkowski]

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Hi Jimmy,
                you need to run lilo as

lilo -R /mnt

that way lilo assumes that /mnt is the root directory. If I have stuff that up, do
a man lilo for the correct option.

cheers

Johann

Jimmy Freese wrote:

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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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