Re: [FYI] lilo can not parse compact
On Fri, Dec 31, 1999 at 07:30:40PM -0800 , Ross Boylan wrote:
> [This is only a cc; I got the address wrong first try--Ross]
>
> Package: lilo
> Version: 21 (unstable--from boot-floppy 2.2.3)
> severity: grave
>
> After lightly editing /etc/lilo.conf (I set boot=/dev/hda6 and put video to
> extended) I ran lilo.
> It failed with the error message
> Not a Number "compact"
where did you put it? I have
boot=/dev/hda5
root=/dev/hda5
linear
compact
install=/boot/boot.b
map=/boot/map
vga=normal
read-only
and it works.
> I tried editing the lilo.conf to say COMPACT, but it didn't help. (It does
> say compact).
Petr Cech
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Debian GNU/Linux maintainer - www.debian.{org,cz}
cech@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz
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