lilo

[David Raleigh Arnold <dra@openguitar.com>]

I can't seem to get out of this.  I have lots of boot disks, but very
little confidence since lilo won't run.  I've tried many combinations,
read the literature, and I just don't see what's wrong.  How is the
image not defined?  What's wrong?
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# /etc/lilo.conf - See: `lilo(8)' and `lilo.conf(5)',
# ---------------       `install-mbr(8)', `/usr/share/doc/lilo/',
#                       and `/usr/share/doc/mbr/'.

# +---------------------------------------------------------------+
# |                        !! Reminder !!                         |
# |                                                               |
# | Don't forget to run `lilo' after you make changes to this     |
# | conffile, `/boot/bootmess.txt', or install a new kernel.  The |
# | computer will most likely fail to boot if a kernel-image      |
# | post-install script or you don't remember to run `lilo'.      |
# |                                                               |
# +---------------------------------------------------------------+

# Support LBA for large hard disks.
#
lba32

# Specifies the boot device.  This is where Lilo installs its boot
# block.  It can be either a partition, or the raw device, in which
# case it installs in the MBR, and will overwrite the current MBR.
#
boot=/dev/hdb1

# Specifies the device that should be mounted as root. (`/')
#
root=/dev/hdb3

# Enable map compaction:
# Tries to merge read requests for adjacent sectors into a single
# read request. This drastically reduces load time and keeps the
# map smaller.  Using `compact' is especially recommended when
# booting from a floppy disk.  It is disabled here by default
# because it doesn't always work.
#
# compact
# Installs the specified file as the new boot sector
#
install=/boot/boot.b

# Specifies the location of the map file
#
map=/boot/map

# You can set a password here, and uncomment the `restricted' lines
# in the image definitions below to make it so that a password must
# be typed to boot anything but a default configuration.  If a
# command line is given, other than one specified by an `append'
# statement in `lilo.conf', the password will be required, but a
# standard default boot will not require one.
#
# This will, for instance, prevent anyone with access to the
# console from booting with something like `Linux init=/bin/sh',
# and thus becoming `root' without proper authorization.
#
# Note that if you really need this type of security, you will
# likely also want to use `install-mbr' to reconfigure the MBR
# program, as well as set up your BIOS to disallow booting from
# removable disk or CD-ROM, then put a password on getting into the
# BIOS configuration as well.  Please RTFM `install-mbr(8)'.
#
# password=tatercounter2000

# Specifies the number of deciseconds (0.1 seconds) LILO should
# wait before booting the first image.
#
##delay=20

# You can put a customized boot message up if you like.  If you use
# `prompt', and this computer may need to reboot unattended, you
# must specify a `timeout', or it will sit there forever waiting
# for a keypress.  `single-key' goes with the `alias' lines in the
# `image' configurations below.  eg: You can press `1' to boot
# `Linux', `2' to boot `LinuxOLD', if you uncomment the `alias'.
#
message=/boot/bootmess.txt
	prompt
	single-key
	delay=100
	timeout=100

# Specifies the VGA text mode at boot time. (normal, extended, ask,
<mode>)
#
# vga=ask
# vga=9
#
vga=normal

# Kernel command line options that apply to all installed images go
# here.  See: The `boot-prompt-HOWO' and `kernel-parameters.txt' in
# the Linux kernel `Documentation' directory.
#
append="mem=512M"

# Boot up Linux by default.
#
default=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.18pre21
#
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.18pre21
	label=LinuxComp
	read-only
#	restricted
	alias=1
	append="hdd=ide-scsi"

#image=vmlinuz.old
#	label=LinuxOLD
#	read-only
#	optional
#	restricted
#	alias=2
#	append="hdd=ide-scsi"
# If you have another OS on this machine to boot, you can uncomment the
# following lines, changing the device name on the `other' line to
# where your other OS' partition is.
#
# other=/dev/hda4
#	label=HURD
#	restricted
#	alias=3
#other=/dev/hda2
#   label=DRDOS
#    alias=3

################# contents of /boot:
total 1709
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           22 Sep 26 10:38 System.map ->
System.map-2.2.18pre21
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       214018 Sep 26 10:38
System.map-2.2.18pre21
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       214018 Sep 26 10:24
System.map-2.2.18pre21.old
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           26 Sep 26 10:38 System.map.old
-> System.map-2.2.18pre21.old
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          512 Sep 26 09:49 boot.0200
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          512 Jan 16  2001 boot.0341
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root         4568 Jan 16  2001 boot.b
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          211 Jan 20  2001 bootmess.txt
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          612 Jan 16  2001 chain.b
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root        13165 Jan 19  2001
config-2.2.18pre21
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root        12288 Jan 16  2001 lost+found
-rw-------    1 root     root        23552 Sep 24 13:11 map
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          512 Jan 16  2001 mbr.b
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root          640 Jan 16  2001 os2_d.b
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           19 Sep 26 10:38 vmlinuz ->
vmlinuz-2.2.18pre21
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       622787 Sep 26 10:38
vmlinuz-2.2.18pre21
-rw-r--r--    1 root     root       622786 Sep 26 10:24
vmlinuz-2.2.18pre21.old
lrwxrwxrwx    1 root     root           23 Sep 26 10:38 vmlinuz.old ->
vmlinuz-2.2.18pre21.old

############### output of "lilo" command:

Warning: /dev/hdb1 is not on the first disk
Added LinuxComp (alias 1)
Fatal: No images have been defined.

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Information is not knowledge.           Belief is not truth.
Indoctrination is not teaching.   Tradition is not evidence.
         David Raleigh Arnold   dra@openguitar.com