LILO

[Rahsheen Porter <rahsheen@neuplanet.cx>]

I recently (this morning), had a power outtage. I started up my computer and
LILO started going nuts. Not only did it just say LI, but the cursor was 
jumping all over the screen and the printer started to print. I used a rescue
disk and ran LILO, then rebooted. Now it prints "01 " over and over. Then I
realized I had the wrong root device set in the kernel image, so I fixed it.
No dice. LILO wouldn't even work off of a floppy. 

This is an all linux system, potato, with kernel 2.2.3.

Below is lilo.conf, all also had it where boot was /dev/hda.

# Generated by liloconfig

# Specifies the boot device
boot=/dev/hda1

# Specifies the device that should be mounted as root.
# If the special name CURRENT is used, the root device is set to the
# device on which the root file system is currently mounted. If the root
# has been changed with  -r , the respective device is used. If the
# variable ROOT is omitted, the root device setting contained in the
# kernel image is used. It can be changed with the rdev program.
root=/dev/hdd2

# Enables map compaction:
# Tries to merge read requests for adjacent sectors into a single
# read request. This drastically reduces load time and keeps the map
# smaller. Using COMPACT is especially recommended when booting from a
# floppy disk.
#compact

# Install the specified file as the new boot sector.
# If INSTALL is omitted, /boot/boot.b is used as the default.
install=/boot/boot.b

# Specifies the number of _tenths_ of a second LILO should
# wait before booting the first image.  LILO
# doesn't wait if DELAY is omitted or if DELAY is set to zero.
delay=3

# Specifies the location of the map file. If MAP is
# omitted, a file /boot/map is used.

map=/boot/map

# Specifies the VGA text mode that should be selected when
# booting. The following values are recognized (case is ignored):
#   NORMAL  select normal 80x25 text mode.
#   EXTENDED  select 80x50 text mode. The word EXTENDED can be
#     abbreviated to EXT.
#   ASK  stop and ask for user input (at boot time).
#   <number>  use the corresponding text mode. A list of available modes
#     can be obtained by booting with  vga=ask  and pressing [Enter].
vga=ext

image=/vmlinuz
	label=Linux
	read-only

image=/vmlinuz.old
	label=OldLinux
	read-only

# If you have another OS on this machine (say DOS),
# you can boot if by uncommenting the following lines
# (Of course, change /dev/hda2 to wherever your DOS partition is.)
# other=/dev/hda2
#   label=dos



-- 
Rahsheen Porter 
<rahsheen@cc.gatech.edu>
<UIN: 2464469>