I understand what the MBR is, but it appears lilo expects there to be a file in the /boot directory that contains what it will write to the MBR. Lilo ends with an error saying /boot/MBR.b is missing. Christopher J. Noyes ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "debian-user" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 05:18 PM Subject: Re: lilo issue
> On Mon, Mar 29, 2004 at 10:43:06PM -0500, Christopher J. Noyes wrote: > > I am trying to resolve the issue I had with the Kernel panic issue > > earlier. I think it had to do with a bad kernel install. I found the > > installed kernel images that I want in /boot. I set up lilo.conf and tried > > to get it to write the MBR but it complains can't find /boot/MBR.b The > > file is missing. Where do I find it. How is it generated. There is a file > > boot.b is that it? > > Not exactly sure what your mean. The Master Boot Record is a zone on the > hard drive not a file, per se. It sounds like you are somehow telling lilo > to look for a file called MBR. You don't need to specify MBR for lilo to > write to it. > > Can you flesh out the above with some more details ? > > GC > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
