Re: MBR problem with 486

[Waldemar Brodkorb <waldemar.brodkorb@web.de>]

Hello Frederik,

* Frederik Vanrenterghem wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I've installed Debian 2.2 on an old 486 yesterday (which caused some minor
> problems). Everything turned out fine in the end, except the boot
> process. It's a Linux-only system, I've partitioned the disk as follows:
> /dev/hda1: /boot 5MB
> /dev/hda5: swap 50MB
> /dev/hda6: / the rest
> Lilo is used for booting, I choose the second option in the installation
> process (using the /boot partition). Also, the installation process
> installed a new MBR. Now, when I reboot, I only see MBR repeated on my
> screen several times, nothing else happens. I have to boot to Linux using
> a boot disk, which takes an awfully long time ;-)
> 
> What could cause this?

Could you please post your /etc/lilo.conf ?

cu
Waldemar

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