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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

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