The first line of the lilo.conf file is boot=/dev/xyz and even if I link /dev/xyz to /dev/hdb (the real device name on the temp macine). I get an error: "open /dev/xyz: No such device or address"
If I set the boot line in lilo.conf to /dev/hdb will the mbr expect the device to be /dev/hdb on the other system or is this really just about address registers? Nick Lindsell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >At 10:07 13/01/2003 -0500, you wrote: >>I have a disk from a RH6.2 system that lost the MBR. The disk has an odd >>dev label on is originating system like /dev/xyz. Not in the range of >>/dev/hd[a-z]. I am unable to work with this drive on the originating >>system so I currently have it attached to one of my PC's as /dev/hdb. I >>can chroot to it after boot and I see the lilo.conf that I need. >> >>The question is, how do I force lilo to use the lilo.conf file with the >>device name /dev/xyz to imprint the MBR so that the drive will boot when I >>put it back in the originating server? > > > > >man lilo. > >Use the -C option to specify the config file >and the -r option to specify the root of the >drive you want to boot from. > >e.g. >mount /dev/xyz /mnt >lilo -C /mnt/etc/lilo.conf -r /mnt > > >hih >nick@nexnix > > > >-- >redhat-list mailing list >unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe >https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > __________________________________________________________________ The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
