Re: wont boot

[Alvin Oga <aoga@ns.Linux-Consulting.com>]

hi ya johnny

On Sat, 19 Mar 2005, Johnny wrote:

> Hi Justin
> The partitions on the HD is
> hda1 linux ex2

good

> >>Just experimenting

good

> >>I have just install Debian-3.0r2 on a 100Mhz with 16 Ram HD 1.2G.
> >>The computer does not boot from cdrom, used boot floppy to install from
> >>cdrom and use boot floppy to boot computer.
> >>No KDE or Gnome installed just Xwindow and Fluxbox.
good

> >>Now when I reboot it does not boot all I get is
> >>MBR
> >>L 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 lines on the screen.

you probably need to use lba or lba32 or lba16 in your /etc/lilo.conf file

and/or you need to make a standalone root/boot floppy from the 
debian site since you dont have a cdrom drive

once its booted and working off debian boot floopies,
	- mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/your-hda1
	- lilo -v -C /etc/lilo.conf -r /mnt/your-hda1
	- reboot and cross your fingers

	- or isntall grub instead of lilo and see if yu
	have grub problems or if grub works out of the box

	- you won't be able to use syslinux or loadlin which doesn't
	have any of these startup problems unless you repartiton

having a /boot partition will probably not help you since you already
have / as /dev/hda1
	
c ya
alvin