sid - new lilo installed and boot error
I installed the new lilo and let debconf create a new
lilo.conf and add a boot sector. Before restarting,
however I added an entry for Windows, then /sbin/lilo -v
which reported nothing abnormal.
However when i tried to reboot, I get:
unable to mount root fs
add a root= entry (or something to that effect)
enclosed is the relevant lilo.conf which does show the root fs
pointing to /dev/hda3, which is correct (as per original
lilo.conf.
Here are the contents of the /boot - however I must admit that i
seem to have lost the map file while trying to correct the
problem :(
Is it possible to copy the files I need to the /boot directory
and recover the boot?
Thanx
total 5656
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1001473 Oct 25 03:31 vmlinuz-2.2.19pre17
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 272592 Oct 25 03:31 System.map-2.2.19pre17
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 14685 Oct 25 03:31 config-2.2.19pre17
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Oct 25 03:38 boot.0300
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 33506 Nov 9 10:20 config-2.4.14-586
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 382516 Nov 9 13:36 System.map-2.4.14-586
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 587996 Nov 9 13:36 vmlinuz-2.4.14-586
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 Nov 13 10:55 boot.b -> /boot/boot-menu.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3407872 Nov 17 21:38 initrd-2.4.14-586
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Nov 17 21:38 initrd -> /boot/initrd-2.4.14-586
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7708 Nov 20 00:30 boot-bmp.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7680 Nov 20 00:30 boot-menu.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5920 Nov 20 00:30 boot-text.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 5920 Nov 20 00:30 boot-compat.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 656 Nov 20 00:30 os2_d.b
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 728 Nov 20 00:30 chain.b
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root 0 Nov 27 22:31 bootmess.txt
-rw------- 1 root root 512 Nov 27 22:47 boot.0303
-rw------- 1 root root 6656 Nov 27 22:49 map
--
Eric Smith
lba32
# Generated by liloconfig
# Specifies the boot device
boot=/dev/hda3
# Specifies the device that should be mounted as root.
# If the special name CURRENT is used, the root device is set to the
# device on which the root file system is currently mounted. If the root
# has been changed with -r , the respective device is used. If the
# variable ROOT is omitted, the root device setting contained in the
# kernel image is used. It can be changed with the rdev program.
root=/dev/hda3
# Enables 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.
compact
# Install the specified file as the new boot sector.
# If INSTALL is omitted, /boot/boot.b is used as the default.
install=/boot/boot.b
# Specifies the number of _tenths_ of a second LILO should
# wait before booting the first image. LILO
# doesn't wait if DELAY is omitted or if DELAY is set to zero.
delay=60
# Specifies the location of the map file. If MAP is
# omitted, a file /boot/map is used.
map=/boot/map
# Specifies the VGA text mode that should be selected when
# booting. The following values are recognized (case is ignored):
# NORMAL select normal 80x25 text mode.
# EXTENDED select 80x50 text mode. The word EXTENDED can be
# abbreviated to EXT.
# ASK stop and ask for user input (at boot time).
# <number> use the corresponding text mode. A list of available modes
# can be obtained by booting with vga=ask and pressing [Enter].
vga=ask
image=/vmlinuz
label=Linux
read-only
image=/dev/hdc1
label=Windows
# If you have another OS on this machine (say DOS),
# you can boot if by uncommenting the following lines
# (Of course, change /dev/hda2 to wherever your DOS partition is.)
# other=/dev/hda2
# label=dos
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