Re: lilo

[Frank Zimmermann <fzimmerm@pugh.bip.bham.ac.uk>]

First please post only the relevant lines.

On Fri, 28 Sep 2001, David Raleigh Arnold wrote:

> 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?
>
> # 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

Well as far as I can see it, that is your problem. You have to
install lilo in the mbr (of the first HD i guess) or in / and use
another bootloader to start lilo.



Frank