Re: LILO version problem

[dmacdoug@hsc.usc.edu]

Well, I'm back from last week.  I had a version discrepancy with LILO. 
I still have not solved it.  The exact error message that I get if I
try to run LILO from the command line is:

"First boot sector is version 18. Expecting version 20."

If I use the debian rescue disk and try the option there for making a
hard disk bootable, it tells me:

"LILO wasn't able to install" and then suggests it might be the more
than 1023 cylinders explanation which isn't the case.  In addition to
what I tried previously, described below, I also tried booting to a DOS
diskette and running "fdisk /mbr" thinking that maybe that would
eliminate the old version of LILO but I still get just the same error
messages.  Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Donald MacDougall


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On  9 Jul, To: debian-user@lists.debian.org wrote:
> On  9 Jul, Stephen Pitts wrote:
>> On Fri, Jul 09, 1999 at 12:52:31PM -0700, dmacdoug@hsc.usc.edu wrote:
>>> I installed Debian Slink on a system that previously had a Caldera
>>> system on it.  Then when I attempted to run lilo I got an error message
>>> that said something like "The first somethingorother is version 18. 
>>> Version 20 expected" and then lilo exits.  Eventually I figured that
>>> maybe I needed to uninstall lilo and then reinstall it.  But when I
>>> tried to reinstall I got the same message.  Then I booted to the rescue
>>> disk and tried to install lilo from there, but it says can't install
>>> and gives a nondescript reason.  Anyone know how I can clear this up?
>>> 
>>> Donald MacDougall
>>> dmacdoug@hsc.usc.edu
>> 
>> Please post the exact error messages.
> 
> 
> Ok, I'll try to do that on Monday,  I did this on my computer at home,
> and now that I've done it I can't do email at home, so I sent it from
> my office today, but my memory of the exact error messages had faded. 
> Naturally I didn't have the forethought to write it down last night. 
> Sorry about that, but, if I don't solve it over the weekend, I'll write
> it down and ask again on Monday.
> 
> Donald MacDougall
> dmacdoug@hsc.usc.edu