Re: How to make SCSI only bootup
It isn't part of lilo - it comes from the "mbr" package. It's applied
when you first install Debian if you choose to install lilo into the
superblock rather than the master boot record, and also answer
affirmatively when prompted to install a boot sector. If you install
lilo into the master boot sector it will provide the bootup code, and
you shouldn't ever see the "2FA:" prompt.
At the point when the prompt is displayed, the master boot sector is
the *only* thing which has been loaded... no lilo, kernel, etc.
On Fri, Mar 17, 2000 at 11:22:02PM +0530, Chirag wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Gregory T. Norris <haphazard@socket.net>
> To: <zdrysdal@diagnostic.co.nz>
> Cc: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Sent: Friday, March 17, 2000 5:08 PM
> Subject: Re: How to make SCSI only bootup
>
> Hi
>
> > The "2FA:" prompt is generated by mbr... it looks like it doesn't know
> > which partition to boot (you haven't gotten far enough to require the
> > SCSI drivers yet). Just as a guess, I'd say that you didn't flag the
> > relevant partition as "active" when you partitioned the disk.
> >
> This 2FA thing coming from which boot sector? The one
> /sbin/lilo installs with boot=/dev/hda or boot=/dev/sda in the
> lilo.conf in the MBR? I can't find such an error code documented in
> the user.tex along with the lilo. Where is this thing documented?
>
> Thanks
> Previ
>
> > Try pressing "2" when you see the prompt... that tells mbr that you
> > want to boot off of the second primary partition (that's what the "2"
> > in "2FA:" is referring to), which should get you past this issue.
> > Assuming this works, don't forget to go back into fdisk and mark the
> > partition active.
> >
>
>
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