I was perfectly happy running LILO with potato and woody.
Then sarge installs with the GRUB bootloader. All right, I can deal.
Now apt-get dist-upgrade _removes_ a working GRUB and installs a non-
working LILO; it doesn't update the MBR.
My first question:
- Can anyone tell me why there's all this thrashing about?
My second question:
- After the LILO ''upgrade'', attempts to install lilo have my
system unbootable, can anyone tell me how I bolixed things up and
walk me through a recovery process? (step 1: how to obtain an
bootable floppy with ext3, LILO and command line support)
The BIOS messages are:
[....]
Searching for Boot Record from IDE-0..OK
No boot signature in partition
Boot Failure from Previous Device..
The last commands (and responses) were:
cmd:$ sudo lilo -M /dev/hda1
Fatal: /dev/hda1 is not a master device with a primary parition table
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo lilo -M /dev/hda1 mbr
Fatal: /dev/hda1 is not a master device with a primary parition table
cmd:$ sudo lilo -M /dev/hda mbr
Backup copy of /dev/hda in /boot/boot.0300
The Master Boot Record of /dev/hda has been updated.
cmd:$ sudo lilo -v -v
LILO version 22.6.1, Copyright (C) 1992-1998 Werner Almesberger
Development beyond version 21 Copyright (C) 1999-2004 John Coffman
Released 17-Nov-2004, and compiled at 10:36:02 on Nov 29 2005
Debian GNU/Linux
raid_setup returns offset = 00000000 ndisk = 0
BIOS VolumeID Device
Reading boot sector from /dev/hda1
pf_hard_disk_scan: ndevs=1
0300 35FCF572 /dev/hda
device codes (user assigned pf) = 0
device codes (user assigned) = 0
device codes (BIOS assigned) = 0
device codes (canonical) = 1
Warning: boot record relocation beyond BPB is necessary: /dev/hda1
Warning: Unable to determine video adapter in use in the present system.
Using BITMAP secondary loader
Calling map_insert_data
Secondary loader: 19 sectors (0x3600 dataend).
bios_boot = 0x80 bios_map = 0x80 map==boot = 0 map S/N: 35FCF572
Mapping bitmap file /boot/debianlilo.bmp
Calling map_insert_file
Bitmap: 301 sectors.
BIOS data check will include auto-suppress check
Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.16-2-686
Setup length is 15 sectors.
Mapped 2237 sectors.
Mapping RAM disk /boot/initrd.img-2.6.16-2-686
RAM disk: 8490 sectors.
Added Lin_2.6.16img0 *
Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8-2-386
Setup length is 10 sectors.
Mapped 2146 sectors.
Mapping RAM disk /boot/initrd.img-2.6.8-2-386
RAM disk: 8432 sectors.
Added Lin_2.6.8img1
Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.8-3-686
Setup length is 10 sectors.
Mapped 2291 sectors.
Mapping RAM disk /boot/initrd.img-2.6.8-3-686
RAM disk: 9112 sectors.
Added Lin_2.6.8img2
BIOS VolumeID Device
80 35FCF572 0300
Writing boot sector.
/boot/boot.0301 exists - no boot sector backup copy made.
Map file size: 339456 bytes.
RAID device mask 0x0000
Boot sector relocation performed
cmd:$ init 6
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