---------- Od: J. Paul Bruns-Bielkowicz[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Wys³ano: 23 lipca 1997 02:02 Do: 'debian-user@lists.debian.org' DW: 'Karl Ferguson' Temat: PD: "1FA:" prompt at boot
Hello >At 11:31 AM 17/07/97 -0400, Chris Smith wrote: >>Ran the installation program from the official CD but when I try to boot >>from the hard drive I get a "1FA:" prompt. What does this mean? More >>importantly where can I find a list of such messages and there meanings? >>Thanks. Then Karl Ferguson wrote: >The 1FA: at boot is actually a wrong setting configured in the >/etc/lilo.conf - what you're meant to get is a Lilo boot: prompt. It's not >your fault though - it's the lilo maintainers - at least I think so anyway >(I've already reported this as a bug too). To fix it up you should should >remove the "1" at the end of the "boot" line (or whatever partition it is). >To read up on some LILO documentation browse the /usr/doc/lilo directory. Thanks for the post! I recently installed the current version (Debian 1.3) and had the same problem. A little reconfiguring in the Lilo config file and removing that "1" solved it. The system is dual-booting just fine. Thanks! J. Paul |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | "Erudition can produce foliage without bearing fruit." G. C. Lichtenberg (1742-99) | My Cyberspace on English http://www.polbox.com/a/america/ (coming soon!) | My Cyberspace especially for beginners on DJGPP & Allegro: | http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Heights/2571/ | Suggestions welcome on the above pages. | J. Paul Bruns-Bielkowicz (Teacher) |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .