RE: help getting LILO unstuck
Thanks for your help and pointing me in the right direction. It was a
kernel problem. Replacing the 2.2.12 kernel I built with the official
2.2.10 package seems to have fixed the problem.
Craig
> ----------
> From: Martin Fluch
> Sent: Friday, September 24, 1999 1:06 PM
> To: Daniels, Craig
> Cc: 'Debian User List'
> Subject: Re: help getting LILO unstuck
>
> On Fri, 24 Sep 1999, Daniels, Craig wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I was changing kernels from 2.2.10 to 2.2.12 and I ran LILO to do the
> > updating that it needs and it returns
> > Linux *
> >
> > I hadn't noticed the * before and when I rebooted it gets stuck in an
> > endless loop of Loading Linux over and over. I've booted from the
> floppy
> > and ran dselect to uninstall LILO and reinstall with all new config
> files
> > with the same result.
>
> This * indicates, which kernel is the default to boot (think I). I guess
> your computer reboots because the kernel fails to load. When ever you
> compile a new kernel, keep a working old one, so that you can start your
> computer in case your new one fails.
>
> Martin
>
>
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> If the box says 'Windows 95 or better', it should run on Linux, right?
> - anonymous
>
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