Re: LILO problems,no boot, can I use Knoppix rescue to fix?

[Erik Steffl <steffl@bigfoot.com>]

J F wrote:
> Repost with modifications, first one did make
> it to the list:
>
> I did an aptitude and did an update,
> and a few "g" keystrokes to download and install.
> Aptitude said something like: 
> Warning, it was deleting modules for old
> version of kernel.  
> Now the system won't reboot.
> THe screen says:
> LILO 22.5.6.1 Loading Linux ........................
> ...........
> This is from a Knoppix CD hard disk install.
>
> Any way, I can reboot using the Knoppix CD
> as a rescue disk 
> and then edit /mnt/hda1/etc/lilo.conf .
> But when I run lilo, it
> says:
> # sudo su
> # lilo -C /mnt/hda1/etc/lilo.conf
> Fatal. Sorry, don't know how to handle device 0xf000
>
> How can I use Knoppix to fix LILO boot?

  AFAIK you have to create new version of your /etc/lilo.conf where you 
replace the old paths by new ones (just like/etc/lilo.conf becomes 
/mnt/hda1/etc/lilo.conf, you have to map all of them in the same way)

  of course, do not change your original lilo.conf, you will need it in 
future...

	erik