On Wed, Sep 08, 2004 at 11:23:56AM -0400, matthew bradley wrote:
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From: RRPotratz [mailto:thunderbolt@dustypenguin.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 11:18 AM
To: matthew bradley
Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: ressurecting a failed attempt to upgrade to sarge, w/out
tossing /home
You didn't say for sure, but is home part of partition 3 or is it
mounted on partition1? Also is this a dual boot system with windoze?
Home is part of partition 3 and it is not a dual boot system. Thanks.
Matt
Suggestion: (But I may be mistaken about what is available on Sarge
netinstall)
Boot from Sarge netinstall, but do -not- press return.
Instead, press F1 to see a list of stuff on the CD. Take note of stuff
that sounds useful.
Then press F3 to see a list of optional ways to use the CD. There is,
I hope, a 'rescue' option.
Note any description as to how to use rescue. They might give better
instructions than I can give from memory.
Using rescue option you can gain access to hda and look at /etc/lilo.conf
Check for misconfiguration of lilo.conf
If you are lucky, you will see what is wrong. Fix it, with whatever
editor is available under rescue. And then run lilo again. Watch the
screen output from lilo. You should see some confirmation that lilo has
installed good stuff on hda. You may have to retry a few times, if you
are new to doing lilo.conf
If this doesn't work, consider getting another HD. Install new drive as
hda, and move the present hda to hdb. Install whole new system on hda.
During install, using netinstall, you can arrange to mount hdb with its
data and file system preserved. Select mount points for the 3 partitions
in /mnt. When new system is running, copy data that you want to save to
new HD. Rearrange the furniture in your new, bigger home.
HTH