Re: lilo problem after upgrade on sid
On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 01:12:14PM -0400, Patrick Ouellette wrote:
> praveen@unlserve.unl.edu wrote:
>
> >hi
> >
> >
> >i've been running sid and after an apt-get -f upgrade yesterday morning, i
> >found that my lilo hangs. the letters "LIL.." come up and it simply
> >freezes. i read through several man-pages and lists and figured that the
> >lilo may be pointing to incorrect map or something simply wrong with the
> >MBR.
> >
> >several people have mentioned creating a boot-floppy using mkboot. can i
> >create a boot-floppy on another sid machine using this utility (by
> >specifying the correct boot partition?) if i point to a boot partition
> >like /dev/hda5, how will it work since that device may not be created at
> >boot (on mine its something like /dev/ide/bus0/target0/.../part5). i also
> >bumped into this location, is that all thats needed?
> >
> >ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/sid/main/installer-i386/current/images/floppy/access/
> >
>
> Make a GRUB boot floppy. You don't have to install GRUB on your system
> as your boot loader, and the GRUB
> floppy will allow you to boot to any kernel on your system (as long as
> GRUB understands the filesystem).
>
> Pat
>
>
you were right patrick. all i had to do was boot from the grub-floppy,
set root to the partition which contained my vmlinuz, set
kernel=/vmlinuz, and fire boot.
back in business. thanks.
--
praveen
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