Thanks for the reply. I ran gpart on the drive, and the result matches what Lilo wrote to /boot/boot.0300 , so I didn't rewrite the partition table. The first partition is marked bootable. Can you offer any other suggestions?
On Sat, 22 Dec 2001, dman wrote: > On Sat, Dec 22, 2001 at 07:45:37AM -0600, Russ Cook wrote: > | I have a 30 GB Maxtor hard drive, with a 15 MB boot partition as > | the first partition. This is followed by root and swap. > | > | Apparently, I have somehow corrupted my partition table, because > | on boot I get the message NO PT, HIT ANY KEY TO CONTINUE > | > | When I do so, Lilo responds with LIL- and hangs. I can still boot > | from floppy, but only the older 2.2.X kernels. > | > | I have read the Large Disk How-To, but can't figure out what's > | wrong. Can anyone help? > > Use gpart to determine what the partition table was, then use (c)fdisk > to re-create it. > > -D > > -- > > Q: What is the difference betwee open-source and commercial software? > A: If you have a problem with commercial software you can call a phone > number and they will tell you it might be solved in a future version. > For open-source sofware there isn't a phone number to call, but you > get the solution within a day. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
