Thanks for all the replies. The root disk below was just what I needed. It had a more modern LILO on it (version 20 instead of 17). With that I could successfully get my disk bootable again, and everything else worked fine.
Thanks -------------------------------------------------------------- John Marter ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ext. 8014 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 1998 6:37 PM > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: Re: LILO: Map segment is too big. > > On Tue, Aug 04, 1998 at 05:16:27PM -0600, Jason Gunthorpe wrote: > > > > On Tue, 4 Aug 1998, John Marter wrote: > > > > > 1. chroot is not one of the commands on the rescue disk. > > > I haven't had to do a rescue for several years, but the other > > > time I started by doing a chroot to my usual disk partition. > > > Is it normal to do rescues without chroot? > > > > Well, if your system is good enough too boot off I usually just tell > > > linux that it's Root is /dev/hda1 (or whatever) and have it boot off > the > > harddisk with the good kernel from the floppy, tell it that init is > > /bin/sh and you'll get a nice shell prompt on a ro system. > > Many times when I screw my system up...I find I have to re-lilo it > sldo...for a rescue disk which probably has chroot (I love chroot > myself) > check out "Tom's Unix on a Floppy" or as a co-worker of mine > labels his copy "More Magic" > below is the lsm from the package > -Steve > > Begin3 > Title: tomsrtbt > Version: 1.1.4.47 > Entered-date: 05APR98 > Description: "The most Linux on one (1,722K) floppy." > 1722MB boot/root rescue disk with a lot of hardware and > tools. > Supports ide, scsi, tape, network adaptors, PCMCIA, much > more. > About 100 utility programs and tools for fixing and > restoring. > See 'ReadMe-Features' for the list of what's included. > Not a > script, just the diskette image packed up chock full of > stuff. > Also good as learn-unix-on-a-floppy as it has mostly > what you > expect- vi, emacs, awk, sed, sh, manpages- loaded on > ramdisks. > Keywords: rescue, recovery, emergency, floppy, tomsrtbt > Author: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom Oehser) > Maintained-by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom Oehser) > Primary-site: sunsite.unc.edu /pub/Linux/system/recovery > 1722 kB tomsrtbt-1.1.4.47.tar.gz > 1 kB tomsrtbt-1.1.4.47.lsm > Alternate-site: ftp.clark.net/pub/toehser/rb > 1722 kB tomsrtbt-current.tar.gz > Copying-policy: GPL > End > > > -- > ** Stephen Carpenter ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ** > "All authority is quite degrading." > -- Oscar Wilde << File: ATT03149.ATT >> -- Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
