Re: Fatal: First sector of /dev/hda2 doesn't have a valid boot signature

[Joachim Fahnenmüller <jfahnenmueller@web.de>]

On Tue, Oct 11, 2005 at 09:56:23AM -0500, Robert D. Crawford wrote:
> I get the above message when trying to run lilo after installing sarge
> on a spare partition of my hdd.  Here is what I have done:
> 
> 1.  Net install of sarge on hda2
> 2.  boot into sid on hda7
> 3.  added the following two lines to my lilo.conf file:
>     other=/dev/hda2

I think this line is wrong. IIRC 'other' is only for non-linux (e. g. windows).
I don't remember the corret syntax (I'm using grub now), but man lilo or man
lilo.conf will help you.

>     label="sarge"
> 4.  /sbin/lilo and got the above message 
> 5.  google
> 6.  make sure the bootable flag is set
> 7.  mount /dev/hda2 mnt/ ; chroot mnt/
> 8.  /sbin/lilo 
> 9.  exit
> 10. /sbin/lilo and the message remains
> 
> what am I forgetting here?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> rdc

HTH
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Joachim Fahnenmüller