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

[Neil Stone <neil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Julian Hall wrote:
> 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
> 
> 

Please adjust accordingly.. explanation on;

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-8.0-Manual/ref-guide/s1-grub-liloconf.html


boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=50
message=/boot/message
lba32
default=linux

image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.0-0.43.6
        label=linux
        initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.0-0.43.6.img
        read-only
        root=/dev/hda5

other=/dev/hda1
        label=dos


(see, i can make helpful posts from time to time)
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