HELP: lilo wasn't able to install...
Well, I am able to mount the partition with
mount -t ext2 /dev/sda1 [directory]
There were files on the drive, three tarballs, and fdisk was able to access
the drive and list the partitions. Now what?
Thanks,
/*Raj*/
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ajlewis2@sidekick [mailto:ajlewis2@sidekick]On Behalf Of Anita
> Lewis
> Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 7:09 AM
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Help: lilo wasn't able to install...
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 06:23:43AM -0400, Raj Wurttemberg wrote:
> > Anita,
> >
> > I tried the "root=/dev/sda1" process already. It too
> failed. I even tried
> > making a small 10MB /boot partition, but Debian still
> refuses to install
> > LILO.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > /*Raj*/
>
> So you are saying that you can use that install floppy to
> install and it
> will boot, but when you try to access your root partition, it fails?
>
> Try booting from the install floppy or cd with 'linux rescue'
> and then try
> to do: mount -t ext2 /dev/sda1
> Also try 'fdisk /dev/sda' in rescue mode.
>
> Can you mount the partition? If not, then try doing the
> install and while
> it is progressing, do 'Ctrl Alt F1' and F2 and so on and see
> if there is any
> information there. Key info would be if it actually mounts
> the hard drive
> and puts anything on it.
>
> Anita
>
>
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