SOLVED: Booting a full Debian system from floppy or CD

["Doug MacFarlane" <madmac@covad.net>]

Thanks to all who responded . . .

I finally got fed up with floppies not booting, etc. that I went into the
BIOS and reset to factory defaults.  

Shoulda done that from the start.  Now it boots fine from the HD into LILO
and my prepackaged kernel install went fine and shorewall is running fine
. . . . 

Thanks!!

madmac


On 19 Nov 2002, 13:39:44, Jeff wrote:
> Doug MacFarlane, 2002-Nov-19 19:10 +0000:
> > On 19 Nov 2002, 09:47:00, Jeff wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Doug MacFarlane, 2002-Nov-19 14:19 +0000:
> > > This looks to me like lilo did not get run.  During install did you
> > > run the process called "Make system bootable"?  That install lilo.
> > > You have a choice to install it in MBR or on the /boot or /
> > > partitions.  I suggest running lilo as root once booted and see if
> > > that fixes your booting issue.  You will need to edit /etc/lilo.conf
> > > to add the new kernel as well, and then run lilo after editing.
> > 
> > I installed LILO during the install in the MBR of /dev/hda and it doesn't
> > come up upon boot.  I reran the "Make System Bootable" step and tried installing
> > LILO in /dev/hda5, the / partition, and it doesn't come up on boot.  I've
> > got a valid /etc/lilo.conf (when I run lilo it tells me that the two stanzas
> > are installed, including the stanza for the 2.4.28 kernel, which includes
> > the init=/initrd.img line).  But LILO doesn't run.
> > 
> > I will address this problem later - my real headache is that I need to get
> > the 2.4.18 kernel booting now, however I can.
> 
> You should consider using grub.  With grub, you can create a boot disk
> that will boot anything, as I understand it.  I personally haven't
> made to move to grub yet, but I plan to do so.
> 
> jc
> 
> --
> Jeff Coppock		Systems Engineer
> Diggin' Debian		Admin and User
> 
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Doug MacFarlane
madmac@covad.net