Re: need help with lilo
On Thu, 23 Apr 1998, George Bonser wrote:
> 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>
>
This would be:
recsue root=/dev/sda1 if you used the first scsi disks first partition as
root.
George Bonser
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