Re: Lilo Problem

[Yannick Jestin <jestin@cena.fr>]

> I just installed the latest slink cd image on my machine (worked ok). Trying 
> to install lilo it wouldn't work, because the boot disk has over 1024 
> cylinders.

  More recent versions of lilo can override this limit.

> Unfortunately the floppy is not working, so I cannot boot through 
> a boot floppy. Is there any way to install an acutal lilo after booting with 
> the debian install cd? One addition: before this I had grub as boot loader 
> (mandrake Linux).

  The install CD comes with a kernel, and lilo ! At the prompt, type some
magic command like: "linux root=/dev/xxxx"

if your disk is primary master IDE, and linux on the 4th partition, xxxx=hda4
you get the picture.

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  y.