From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chuck Gelm Subject: Re: LI -lilo booting problem Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2002 17:19:55 -0400 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <3D41BCFB.390F2750@gelm.net> References: <3D36DDA3.FA0F073C@gmx.net> <02072506225706.04469@unix.pa3gcu> <3D406BBB.E208E07B@gelm.net> <02072606105100.00370@unix.pa3gcu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org Hi, Ray, Richard, & Ramzez: I use /usr/src/linux/# make install and # lilo (/sbin/lilo ?) to try to install a bootable system. Thanks. I found the mention of adding lba32 to lilo.conf, although README.common.problems does NOT show the syntax of the line. :-| However, I'll plug 'lba32' & 'lilo' into google or whatever and see if I can find an example. I can install Slackware8.0, compile a new kernel, and boot from floppies, either lilo or bzdisk, yet I cannot boot from either of two hard drives. :-| Here is the partition structure of the last two HDs that I've tried to boot. Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 240 1927768 83 Linux system /dev/hda2 241 256 128520 82 Linux swap /dev/hda3 257 2491 179526378 83 Linux system I tried this one in Primary master also: Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 128 1028128 83 Linux system /dev/hda2 129 131 24097 82 Linux swap /dev/hda3 132 1048 7365802 83 Linux system In all cases(2) system was: (1) /dev/hda1 mounted as / /dev/hda3 mounted as /usr (2) /dev/hda1 mounted as / /dev/hda3 mounted as /share So, / (/boot) was always within the first 1024 cylinders. :-| I'm off to find "lba32". Thanks again, Chuck pa3gcu wrote: > > On Thursday 25 July 2002 21:20, Chuck Gelm wrote: > > Howdy, Y'all: > > > > Where can I find help with 'lilo'. > > /usr/doc/lilo-21.7.5 (slackware-8.0) > > > When I try to boot from hard disk, I get: > > > > LI - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs