Fwd: Re: LILO HANGS-Linux Nor Windows Wont Bootup
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Subject: Re: LILO HANGS-Linux Nor Windows Wont Bootup
Date: Friday 17 Dec 2004 20:06
From: "Leonard Chatagnier" <lenc@ruralcomm.com>
To: "Peter Nuttall" <p.s.nuttall@durham.ac.uk>
Merry Christmas to you Peter,
I downloaded the floppy boot program from TOM.net, found that I can't
format a 1.722MB format on W98SE. So, I'm stuck here unless you know a
way to get around this. It's too bad because this method looked the best
for my situation. Thanks, I did get some insight into lilo from reading
the manuals.
Leonard Chatagnier
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From: "Peter Nuttall" <p.s.nuttall@dur.ac.uk>
To: "Leonard Chatagnier" <lenc@ruralcomm.com>
Cc: <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 6:01 AM
Subject: Re: LILO HANGS-Linux Nor Windows Wont Bootup
> On Thursday 16 Dec 2004 23:48, you wrote:
> > BlankAfter several apt-get updates, upgrades and pkg-upgrades Lilo
> > hangs and wont boot. The Lilo screen comes up clean and starts with LI
> > and a blinking cursor and that's it. My linux boot disk wont boot
> > either saying to use another disk. Windows boot disc wont work either,
> > just hangs in the floppy drive. Before rebooting when the problem
> > occurred, I checked out Mozilla browser and email client and everything
> > worked ok. Appreciate any help to get system booted again. Please
> > email reply to lenc@ruralcomm.com as I am not subscribed.
> >
> > Thanks for your help,
> >
> > Len Chatagnier
>
> Hi Len,
> I'm going to point you to a posting to this list six years ago which
> might help you.
>
> http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/1998/10/msg01506.html
>
> This i found with a fast google on the terms lilo only li. Google will
> normally provide an answer within a couple of minutes, while mailing
> lists take a lot longer.
>
> For getting your system booting so you can fix it, I would recommend
> knoppix.
>
> Have a merry christmas
>
> Pete
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