Hi Josh! On Tue, 30 Dec 2003, Josh Robinson wrote: > a problem: > > i updated my sources.list file, and ran apt-get dist-upgrade. followed the > instructions on the screen. and rebooted. > > except now my box won't boot. i just get the characters LI (i think) in > the top left-hand corner of the screen, and nothing happens. > > what should i do? > http://www.linuxpeople.cc/howto/liloerrorshowto.htm?link Here is the readme for what lilo stops at on boot. As for finding out which partition is /, you could run fdisk from a rescue disk. This will tell you which partition is your swap partition. -- "Kids, the seven basic food groups are GUM, PUFF PASTRY, PIZZA, PESTICIDES, ANTIBIOTICS, NUTRA-SWEET and MILK DUDS!!" --Zippy the Pinhead -- B. L. Jilek | GPG keys on my website --> | Linux user: 163800 bljilek@topazcrow.com | http://www.topazcrow.com | ICQ: 83785391 Debian Linux Rocks! | Key ID: 0xF92D0DD1 | Yahoo: bljilek ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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