Re: How do you repair a bad LILO?

[Aniartia <Linux@genasis.freeserve.co.uk>]

On Monday 26 November 2001 05:25, jennyw wrote:
> I reinstalled Debian 2.2. After installing the base system, it rebooted
> fine to finish the rest of the install. I logged in and used it for a bit
> then decided to reboot again. This time it hung after showing "LIL-". I
> asked on #debian on IRC and folks said this meant I had a bad LILO MBR.
> Someone suggested that I try typing "rescue root=/dev/hda1" at the boot: 
> prompt. I tried this booting off of the install CD and it ended up loading
> my Debian install just fine, but it doesn't seem to fix the problem when I
> reboot.
>
> I then booted off a boot floppy and tried to run lilo. It said that there
> was no lilo.conf file. I did a search on the filesystem for lilo.conf and
> there is no file anywhere ... At this point I'm reinstalling (again!), but
> I'd like to know how to fix this problem for the future.

Make a /etc/lilo.conf file something like:
========= BEGIN /etc/lilo.conf ========= 
lba32
boot=/dev/hda
install=/boot/boot.b
map=/boot/map
delay=20
prompt
#single-key
#delay=100
#timeout=100
default=2.4.6

image=/boot/bzImage-2.4.6
    label=2.4.6
    root=/dev/hda1
    vga=791
    read-only

image=/boot/bzImage-2.4.6-ac
    label=2.4.6-ac5
    root=/dev/hda1
    vga=791
    read-only

image=/boot/bzImage-2.4.13-ac
    label=2.4.13-ac8
    root=/dev/hda1
    vga=791
    read-only

other=/dev/hdb1
    label=BSD
========== END /etc/lilo.conf ==========