Re: subscribe

[Rick Jones <rickya@siservices.net>]

Sten Anderson wrote:
> 
> Sven Garbade <sven@lili.uni-bielefeld.de> writes:
> 
> >   1. First, the Linux Loader LILO doesn't work correctly.
> >
> >   # LILO configuration file
> >   #
> >   # Start LILO global section
> >   lock
> >   boot = /dev/hda
> 
> Try boot=/dev/hda2
> 
> You can get the old MBR back with "fdisk /MBR" (the fdisk from DOS)
> 
> >   Partition table (fdisk):
> >   ------------------------
> >
> >   Disk /dev/hda: 64 heads, 63 sectors, 1023 cylinders
> >   Units = cylinders of 4032 * 512 bytes
> >
> >      Device Boot   Begin    Start      End   Blocks   Id  System
> >   /dev/hda1   *        1        1      204   411232+   6  DOS 16-bit  =32M
> >   /dev/hda2          205      205     1022  1649088    5  Extended
> >   /dev/hda5   *      205      205      245    82624+  83  Linux native
> 
>                 ^
>                 |
> 
> Only one partition should be active. With my above suggestion, it
> should be hda2

Also.  Maybe this is a typo or something, but your /dev/hda2 and
/dev/hda5 seem to be ocupying the same area of the disk.  Not to mention
you are wanting to make an extended partion bootable *not* the linux
partition.  Looks to me like your partition table is hosed up.  Your
cfdisk printout doesn't even show /dev/hda2.

boot=/dev/hda is correct if lilo is in the boot sector not the
partition.


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