Re: ugh. more lilo probs
On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 06:10:55PM -0500, burningclown@westhost43.westhost.com wrote:
|
| Hi,
|
| This is a sort of followup to the lilo-related problems I was having
| some days ago.
|
| Adding the "linear" option to my /etc/lilo.conf didn't effect a fix:
| I still got the cascade of "LI" down the screen when I tried to boot
| up. SO: I uninstalled the lilo pkg, dpkg --purged it, and tried to
| reinstall.
|
| ... only to have dpkg complain that my /etc/fstab file, specifically
| the entry for /dev/hda3, was problematic (I wish I had the output,
| for the exact wording - something about the fact that /dev/hda3
| didn't look like a block device ... I think). For what it's worth,
| here is that file, which I have never (in my memory) touched:
|
| # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # <file system>
| <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
| /dev/hda3 / ext2 defaults,errors=remount-ro
| 0 1 /dev/hda2 none swap sw
| 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults
| 0 0 /dev/fd0 /floppy auto defaults,user,noauto
| 0 0 /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660
| defaults,ro,user,noauto 0 0 /dev/cdrom2
| /cdrom2 iso9660 defaults,rw,user,noauto 0
| 0
|
| Finally, I removed lilo again, dpkg --purge 'd it and installed
| grub. Rebooted. I *still* get the endless cascade of "LI"s.
|
| Where could these be coming from? I will study up on grub -- which
| seems to require some manual configuring -- but I'm stumped as to
| why this "LI" b.s. keeps happening on bootup. I'd really rather not
| have to tank this system and start fresh. Does anyone have any
| ideas?
I didn't have much luck with lilo on my system either, but grub has
worked beautifully for me. Its configuration is really simple, though
you will have to edit the /boot/grub/menu.lst file yourself.
I suppose the boot floppy you have is working since you were able to
boot to adjust the config? Always using a floppy is one alternative
(though not a particularly nice one).
-D
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