Re: lilo broken after upggrade
On Saturday 07 June 2003 21:32, Kevin McKinley wrote:
> On Sat, 7 Jun 2003 13:45:35 -0600
>
> Dan Hunt <dan@hunt.ath.cx> wrote:
> > I have compiled a new custom 2.4.18 kernel using the great instructions
> > from http://newbiedoc.sourcefourge.net/system/kernel-pkg.html
> > I am having problems with lilo, mbr, booting without using a floppy.
> > I have no other OS installed. I understand lilo is a good thing, so I
> > can change from kernel new to kernel old.
>
> IMO a good thing but not great. The postinstall script for kernel-image
> .debs limits you to two kernels, which will be called /vmlinuz and
> /vmlinuz.old.
This is not entirely true. If you take the option not to use symlinks
you can have as many as you want. Personally not only do I take this
option but I remove the original symlinks as well. This way it is under
my control.
David
>
> If you use grub and run update-grub after each kernel installation/removal,
> you can have as many kernels as you wish.
>
> > The new kernel does work as I made a boot floppy from it and use it to
> > boot.
> > Right now I get:
> > MBR FA:_
> > then if I press "a" then the prompt changes to
> > MBR 1234F:_
> >
> > So something is wrong. My /boot/ has a wastland of files from various
> > kernels I tried to get working. Four, count them 4, kernels.
>
> You can fix that by purging the kernel-image packages for the kernels you
> don't intend to use.
>
> > My /boot is on /dev/hda5 ext3
> > hda1 (ext2 with 100 MB free) hda2 <hda 5 6 7 8 9> hda3(swp) hda4(tmp)
> >
> > My lilo.conf looks something like this without any typo's:
> > lba32
> > boot=/dev/hda5 <************** Here is your problem
> > root=/dev/hda5
> > compact
> > install=/boot/boot.b
> > delay=20
> > map=/boot/map
> > vga=normal
> > image=/vmlinuz
> > label=Linux
> > read-only
>
> Change that line to "boot=/dev/hda" and run /sbin/lilo. With this line
> you're not telling lilo where /boot is found, you're telling it where to
> install the boot loader.
>
> I suspect you answered the question about installing a boot loader in the
> partition boot sector "yes". Not the best move.
>
> To use lilo to boot the machine, the boot loader must be installed in the
> MBR, which is the first sector of /dev/hda (or /dev/sda if you boot from a
> SCSI hard drive).
>
> Kevin
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