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Re: L 90 90 90 90 90



--- Owen Jones <owen@cellarmation.f2s.com> wrote: 

> Hi! spent ages installing debain and it all went well and i was excitted
> thinking that it was going to work so well, but no. When the computer
> re-booted it just thro up L 90 90 90 90 90 90 90... when i tried to run
> the OS on the HD. This is a lilo error isnt it? does this mean i have
> installed it wrong, or i have used the wrong distirbutation. I wasnt
> sure what the arcatecture was so i went for the 386, would this cause
> this error? can anyone help?? thanks!!

You've either not installed lilo on /dev/hda, if you have more than one
drive, or have not run '/sbin/lilo' to put the MBR straight. I suggest you
read and follow these instructions:

http://www.hantslug.org.uk/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?LinuxHints/LostLILO

-- Thomas Adam

=====
"The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- http://linuxgazette.net
"TAG Editor"                 -- http://linuxgazette.net

"<shrug> We'll just save up your sins, Thomas, and punish 
you for all of them at once when you get better. The 
experience will probably kill you. :)"

 -- Benjamin A. Okopnik (Linux Gazette Technical Editor)


	
	
		
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