Dear Graeme, Thank you very much for the help!
> Try telling your floppy to boot linux from hda1: > > LILO Boot: linux root=/dev/hda1 This worked, when I used the debian installation boot disk. It seems strange to me that the custom boot disk that debian created for me should try and mount a scsi drive as root??? > More long term, there must be a problem with LILO on your system. Once > you get it up from a floppy have a look at /etc/lilo.conf. You should > have something along the lines of... > > boot=/dev/hda1 ...etc > > However, the problem you described (`LI' and nothing else) I have seen > when the master boot record doesn't seem to hand off properly to lilo > on /dev/hda1. My fix was to use `boot=/dev/hda', and install lilo on > the MBR, instead of the first sector of the partition. Remember to run > lilo after editing lilo.conf. I already have "boot=/dev/hda". I reran lilo after having been able to boot again thanks to your help above. Now things seem to be working again. It seems strange though that a blackout should cause this problem. Thanks again for your help. Mark Phillips. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
