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Is sda1 your root partition?
You should cc: the debian list on these, so that other people can read them. I'm
no expert I Lilo.
Why don't you include a copy of your /etc/lilo.conf and the output of running
/sbin/lilo in your next mail? That might help.
On Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 12:42:28AM +0200, Markus Hansen scribbled...
> Jason
> i did the following steps
> apt-gert removelilo
> apt-get install lilo
> it wanted to confiure so it sayd
> keep old?
> no
> ok what do you boot from
> sda1
> ok
> no does not work,
> ok no wonder
> mbr on sda?
> yess ok
> so it booted up to
> "
> mbr
>
> LI
> "
> and here it stopped...wrong patition or what?
> i said boot from sda1 and set sda1 active...
> markus
>
> > You could try "apt-get remove lilo; dpkg --purge lilo; apt-get install lilo".
> > That would remove it, clear out all the config files, and reinstall it from
> > scratch.
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 12:04:02AM +0200, Markus Hansen scribbled...
> > > Jason
> > >
> > > > And no lilo errors when you ran it?
> > > > Strange...
> > > > After booting from your floppy, maybe upgrading lilo (or reconfiguring it) will
> > > > make it start working again. That's mostly a guess though.
> > >
> > > how upgrading lilo or configuring? i dont know...beginner at linux
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Jul 30, 2001 at 10:51:51PM +0200, Markus Hansen scribbled...
> > > > > Jason
> > > > > strange, but i did.
> > > > > markus
> > > > >
> > > > > > Did your rerun lilo after editing lilo.conf? Even if the kernel you just
> > > > > > compiled is corrupted or has a driver problem, lilo should still come up. You'd
> > > > > > just see a kernel panic or other error when booting that kernel.
> > > > > > When I see something like what you saw it's because I forgot to rerun lilo.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Mon, Jul 30, 2001 at 10:00:04PM +0200, Markus Hansen scribbled...
> > > > > > > hi guys
> > > > > > > i tried to install a 2.2.19 kernel inseead of a 2.2.17.
> > > > > > > after booting it sayed
> > > > > > > LI
> > > > > > > LI
> > > > > > > LI
> > > > > > > etc.
> > > > > > > i dont know, somehow i must have killed my lilo or at least parts of it.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > do you know how to fix it?
> > > > > > > can it be that i am using a wrong scsi driver in the new kernel?
> > > > > > > i am booting now with 3.5" disk the 2.2.17 kernel which takes hours.
> > > > > > > thank you for helping.
> > > > > > > markus
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
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