Re: [LUG] OK this is odd.. Install problems

[Julian Hall <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Neil Stone wrote:
> I would suggest booting up with a bootable cd, chrooting in to the
> recently installed system.. checking to see if lilo config is setup
> right and re-run it if needed..
>
> make sence ?
>   
Perfect sense :)  I booted with Knoppix 3.4, and I can open the 
lilo.conf on the installed system.  Copied out as below:

boot=/dev/hda
install=/boot/cboot.b
message=/boot/splash.lilo
timeout=300
map=/boot/map
prompt
lba32
read-only
compact
fix-table
other=/dev/hda1
         label=Windows XP

And that's all.  Would it work if I boot into a command prompt and tell 
it 'linux root=/devhda8' (hda8 being where is it)?

The main problem here is I have no real clue what to write into 
lilo.conf to tell it how to boot properly.  I'll try copying the 
lilo.conf from the desktop (same OSs) and editing the it to see if that 
works.

Kind regards,

Julian


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