Configuring lilo to boot from sda after RH 9.0 install

["Steven Ackerman" <steven@nvts.us>]

Dear list,

I read the faq for the list. Searched tldp.org
(http://tldp.org/LDP/lame/LAME/linux-admin-made-easy/install-lilo.html) and
read the linux faq (ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/faqs/!INDEX.html)
before posting. I also read the faq for this list. At that point I got
frustrated and am sending this message. I know this is easy but I can't
figure it out. I am not a linux guru. Just an enthusiast and that makes me
the best man for the job at hand.

I installed RH 9.0 as a server and the machine only boots from floppy. In
lilo.conf the boot= line in the first section says boot=/dev/sda. In the
same section the install= line says install=/boot/boot.b. I don't even know
what I should be posting to help anyone answer my question. This is a rack
mount server with 4 SCSI drives. I don't know if that matters. If I remember
right, the root directory is /dev/sda. Whatever the default is. I can give
you whatever info you need. I may have to figure out how to do it, but
usually I can do that.

I need help. I don't mind pointers to links, documentation, pointers to some
documentation I missed, ect. All the doc's I found refer to using ide
devices and pointing to the root directory or wherever lilo is installed or
the root directory is or something like that. Not knowing all the linux
internals, I don't even know how to find that out.

-Steve


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