Re: machine hangs at boot
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> On Wed, Sep 02, 1998 at 11:08:21PM -0500, Azog wrote:
> > > Please post your lilo.conf and your partition table.
> > hda: FUJITSU MPB3064ATU, 6187MB w/0kB Cache, CHS=3D788/255/63, UDMA=20
> > lilo.conf:
> > boot =3D /dev/hda2
> > delay =3D 40
> > compact
> > vga =3D normal
> > root =3D /dev/hda2
> > read-only
> > prompt
> > image =3D /vmlinuz-2.1.119
> > label =3D new
> > image =3D /vmlinuz-2.1.117
> > label =3D linux
> >=20
> > Partition Table(from fdisk):
> > Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 788 cylinders
> > Units =3D cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
> >=20
> > Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System
> > /dev/hda1 1 1 33 265041 82 Linux swap
> > /dev/hda2 * 34 34 224 1534207+ 83 Linux native
> > /dev/hda3 225 225 355 1052257+ 83 Linux native
> > /dev/hda4 356 356 788 3478072+ 83 Linux native
> Lilo is installed on the 2nd partition and this is the active one, looks ok.
> The only reason I could think of is that the MBR is damaged/not installed.
> If you have a DOS Bootdisk (>4.0) try starting from it and
> give the command
> fdisk/mbr
> Then reboot again.
>
> Nils
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> --
Try to put boot=/dev/hda (not /dev/hda2) in order to put LILO on the MBR.
--
Pierre Blanchet.
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