Re: need help with lilo
On Thu, 23 Apr 1998, Marco Frattola wrote:
> I decided to try formatting and reinstalling again. Installation (via CDrom)
> was fast and painless, but it doesn't boot anyway. Now the message is not LIL-
> but 1AF: it doesn't seem to accept 1, but seems to like A or F better.
> What should I do? Pointers/suggestions are welcome. TIA
When you made the partitions did you make the linux partition bootable?
If linux is the only operating system on that drive you can try this:
Insert the rescue diskette into the floppy drive. At the boot prompt type
rescue root=<normal-root-device>
After the system starts up, enter a root password and create your user
accounts if it asks for them then switch to another VC and log in as root,
edit /etc/lilo.conf and look at the first line. If it has something like
boot=/dev/sda1 try changing that to /dev/sda and rerun lilo and then shut
down and reboot.
George Bonser
If I had a catchy quip, it would be here.
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