Re: lilo

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

Frank Zimmermann wrote:
> 
> First please post only the relevant lines.

Sorry.  And thank you.
> 
> 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


tried boot=/dev/hdb3
which is /, and I still get the same error message.
/dev/hdb1 is /boot

Thanks much.  The solution was to get rid of "single-key" and "alias". 
I hope this posting is helpful to someone.  :-)

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