On Tue, Oct 11, 2005 at 09:56:23AM -0500, Robert D. Crawford wrote: > I get the above message when trying to run lilo after installing sarge > on a spare partition of my hdd. Here is what I have done: > > 1. Net install of sarge on hda2 > 2. boot into sid on hda7 > 3. added the following two lines to my lilo.conf file: > other=/dev/hda2
I think this line is wrong. IIRC 'other' is only for non-linux (e. g. windows). I don't remember the corret syntax (I'm using grub now), but man lilo or man lilo.conf will help you. > label="sarge" > 4. /sbin/lilo and got the above message > 5. google > 6. make sure the bootable flag is set > 7. mount /dev/hda2 mnt/ ; chroot mnt/ > 8. /sbin/lilo > 9. exit > 10. /sbin/lilo and the message remains > > what am I forgetting here? > > Thanks, > > rdc HTH -- Joachim Fahnenmüller -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
