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Re: update broke lilo



> I recently apt-get updated my unstable box which broke
> lilo.  In my system, I have two hard disks.  The first disk
> is /dev/hda and has Win2k.  The second disk is /dev/hdb
> and has Debian unstable installed.  I am assuming that
> lilo should install to the MBR on /dev/hda, but I think it
> is installing on /dev/hdb.  The configuration of lilo from
> apt-get doesn't give any choice of where to install the MBR.
> I noticed this because I recently recompiled my kernel,
> ran lilo, and rebooted.  My new boot options were not
> showing up at the lilo boot prompt.  My lilo.conf is as
> follows:
>
> boot=/dev/hdb1

<snip>

> What do I need to change to get it to install to /dev/hda MBR?  Is
> it boot=/dev/hda1?

According to "man lilo.conf", it should just be "boot=/dev/hda" << no
partition number needed. Change it to that, re-run /sbin/lilo, and
reboot.

You do have a boot disk, right ?? ;-)

Hall



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