Re: L 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99

[Justin Piszcz <jpiszcz@lucidpixels.com>]

On Fri, 4 Dec 2009, Mathieu Malaterre wrote:

> Hi,
>
>  After setting up RAID0 using DELL SAS utility, I could try another
> installation of a debian stable 503 from USB Stick.
>  I could not get GRUB to install on the "DELL Virtual Disk", I could
> however install lilo + large disk option. All went well, until I
> rebooted.
>
>  At boot time I am getting this "L 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99
> 99 99 99 99 99 99 99 99" which according to (*) means my MBR is
> corrupted. So I rebooted into rescue mode from the USB Stick, but then
> I discover I do not have the /sbin/lilo command in the BusyBox shell.
> Am I missing something ? How can I fix the corrupted MBR from the
> rescue mode ?
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Mathieu
>
> (*) http://joshhighland.com/blog/2006/02/23/l-99-99-99-99-99-99-99-99-99-99-99-99-99-99-99-99-99-99-99/
>
>
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Mount & Chroot into your installation & run LILO.

e.g.,

1. mount /dev/sda1 /disk
2. mount /dev/sda2 /disk/boot
3. chroot /disk
4. lilo
5. exit
6. reboot

Justin.