On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 06:10:55PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | | Hi, | | This is a sort of followup to the lilo-related problems I was having | some days ago. | | Adding the "linear" option to my /etc/lilo.conf didn't effect a fix: | I still got the cascade of "LI" down the screen when I tried to boot | up. SO: I uninstalled the lilo pkg, dpkg --purged it, and tried to | reinstall. | | ... only to have dpkg complain that my /etc/fstab file, specifically | the entry for /dev/hda3, was problematic (I wish I had the output, | for the exact wording - something about the fact that /dev/hda3 | didn't look like a block device ... I think). For what it's worth, | here is that file, which I have never (in my memory) touched: | | # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # <file system> | <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> | /dev/hda3 / ext2 defaults,errors=remount-ro | 0 1 /dev/hda2 none swap sw | 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults | 0 0 /dev/fd0 /floppy auto defaults,user,noauto | 0 0 /dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 | defaults,ro,user,noauto 0 0 /dev/cdrom2 | /cdrom2 iso9660 defaults,rw,user,noauto 0 | 0 | | Finally, I removed lilo again, dpkg --purge 'd it and installed | grub. Rebooted. I *still* get the endless cascade of "LI"s. | | Where could these be coming from? I will study up on grub -- which | seems to require some manual configuring -- but I'm stumped as to | why this "LI" b.s. keeps happening on bootup. I'd really rather not | have to tank this system and start fresh. Does anyone have any | ideas?
I didn't have much luck with lilo on my system either, but grub has worked beautifully for me. Its configuration is really simple, though you will have to edit the /boot/grub/menu.lst file yourself. I suppose the boot floppy you have is working since you were able to boot to adjust the config? Always using a floppy is one alternative (though not a particularly nice one). -D
