Re: LI after Install
Getting a prompt like "LI" or "LIL" is a situation from
where the system just cannot boot from the hard disk
because the LILO code placed in the MBR is broken. The
solution to this problem lies in fixing the Master Boot
Record.
You have no option but to boot from the back-up disks
that you created during installation.
The options available to you are:
a) Re-write MBE with lilo after booting from back-up
disk, if you made one. You may do a lilo -v -t to
test what lilo is going to do, and then run lilo to
write the MBR.
OR
b) Boot from debian rescue disk image (available on all
distros if you installed from CD). You can actually
do a part re-installation by going through the last
section of the installation menu after mounting your
partitions. This is the only recourse, where you do
NOT have a boot disk specifically created for your
system and you prefer to have Lilo only to do your
boot management.
OR
c) You also have the option of returning the MBR to DOS
for a dual OS system. All you need to do is to boot
from the DOS/ Win-9x rescue disk and do a FDISK /MBR
so that the MBR is back with DOS/ Windows.. You will
be able to boot into DOS / Windows at least. Install
Loadlin through DOS/ Win-9x and then boot your Linux
partition via Loadlin. Please look at Loadlin docs
for instructions about how to boot multiple OSs thru
config.sys/ autoexec.bat
USM Bish
On Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 08:48:47PM -0700, Alvin Oga wrote:
>
> hi jack
>
> take me to your leader.... ( just kidding )
>
> i hope you have another linux system....
>
> if you do....and its system is same or close enough...
> copy the kernel from that other box to floppy and boot
> from floppy
>
> other# dd if=/boot/your_kernel of=/dev/fd0
> other# rdev /dev/fd0 /dev/hda1
> - assuming /dev/hda1 is the root partion on "broken" machine
>
> - insert the boot flop intot he broken box ( LIL- )
> and when it comes up.....rerun lilo....take the floppy out and
> you should be back to normal....( make a boot floppy again of that kernel)
>
> -------
>
> still.... since toms root/boot fails ?? ....make a different root/boot
> floppy from debian or slackware...
>
> c ya
> alvin
>
> -- other wise....there /usr/doc/lilo* to go reading and poking around
>
>
> On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, Jack Morgan wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, Jack Morgan wrote:
> >
> > >I installed debian on a new HDD and after installing the base I get LI at
> > >boot time? Any suggestions as to what I did wrong?
> >
> > I also tried Tom's boot disk and got LIL-
> >
> > Thanks
> > Jack Morgan Debian GNU/Linux Enthusiast
> > yojack@mandinka.org http://www.mandinka.org
> >
> >
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