Re: lilo config is busted, need help fixing it

[Stan Hoeppner <stan@hardwarefreak.com>]

briand@aracnet.com put forth on 9/23/2010 10:50 PM:

> Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-amd64
> Device 0x0802: BIOS drive 0x80, 255 heads, 30515 cylinders,
>                63 sectors. Partition offset: 120583890 sectors.
> Using Volume ID 5879D4A8 on bios 80
> Setup length is 27 sectors.
> Mapped 4708 sectors.
> Mapping RAM disk /boot/initrd.img-2.6.32-5-amd64
> Device 0x0802: BIOS drive 0x80, 255 heads, 30515 cylinders,
>                63 sectors. Partition offset: 120583890 sectors.
> Using Volume ID 5879D4A8 on bios 80
> RAM disk: 9407 sectors.
> Added Lin_2.6.32img5
>     <dev=0xe0,hd=227,cyl=57,sct=204>
>     "ro root=802"
> 
> I immediately noticed that dev=0xe0

> shouldn't dev=0x82 !!??

No, that's normal.  What had you changed on the system immediately prior
to this boot problem occurring?

Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.34.1
Device 0x0801: BIOS drive 0x80, 16 heads, 969021 cylinders,
               63 sectors. Partition offset: 63 sectors.
Using Volume ID 37945249 on bios 80
Setup length is 23 sectors.
Mapped 2909 sectors.
Added Linux (alias 1) *
    <dev=0xe0,hd=0,cyl=22,sct=25>
    "ro root=802"

Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32.9
Device 0x0801: BIOS drive 0x80, 16 heads, 969021 cylinders,
               63 sectors. Partition offset: 63 sectors.
Using Volume ID 37945249 on bios 80
Setup length is 23 sectors.
Mapped 2879 sectors.
Added LinuxOLD (alias 2)
    <dev=0xe0,hd=0,cyl=22,sct=58>
    "ro root=802"

-- 
Stan