Jeff:
If you do this with your new RH5.0 then be sure that install linux onto the MBR the
first time around or do like Tom suggested and do
fdisk /MBR
otherwise, you will have the same problem. As long as you have bad crap on MBR you
will still have the LIL- kiss of death...
Mike
Michael Hatzakis Jr, MD
Resident Physiatrist - R3
Department of Rehabilitation
Thomas Jefferson University Medical Center
Philadelphia, PA, 19026
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-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff Fellows [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, May 06, 1998 2:26 AM
To: Red Hat List Serv (E-mail)
Subject: RE: Install--> boot failure
<< instead of the Lilo prompt, it gave me LI then froze up... >>
This cracks me up.
Last weekend I installed RHL 5.0 at a linux users group meeting from a
borrowed CD and floppies. Later on after returning the install media, I
decided to play around with my install by uninstalling Lilo *with datestamp*
/sbin/lilo -u .
I intended then to restore Lilo with a downloaded Lilo.RPM file. Before I
totally lost the install, meaning I am unable to mount or find anything now,
I would boot up and have the system freeze at:
Lil-
My solution, after hours of booting off the floppy boot.img and getting
nowhere, is to wait for the complete official RHL CD I ordered today to
arrive, and do a complete reinstall.
Enjoy,
Jeff
I learned when in front of Unix, first sit on your hands ;-)
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Hatzakis, Jr MD [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, May 05, 1998 8:17 PM
To: Red Hat List Serv (E-mail)
Subject: Install--> boot failure
I re-installed my rh5.0 leaving unused space I had intended to assign to a
dos partition later using linux fdisk. (would not install when I used druid
to define a DOS>32m partition from the start)
When I got the very end of the install it worked fine, then re-booted,
instead of the Lilo prompt, it gave me LI then froze up...
So, I read the manual, went into rescue mode, mounted my root partition
using
"Mount -t ext2 /dev/dha1 /mnt" and looked in the /etc directory where
lilo.conf resides (I saw it using ls) assuming I just needed to run lilo and
life would be wonderful. When I try to run lilo though, it tells me
/etc/lilo.conf not found.
So I tried explicitly /mnt/etc/lilo no luck. Remounted /hda1 as /etc and
still no luck
I am obviously not getting it...
Is re-running lilo the ticket here ? Why can't I run lilo ? Why am I
getting hung up all these times? When I install, but account for all space
on the disk, (ie., making spare space extended partiition) it boots up fine.
When I use disk druid to define a DOS > 32m partition it also does not
install.
Is it really supposed to be this difficult...? Or are these idiosyncrasies
of Linux install?
Mike
Michael Hatzakis, Jr MD
Resident Physiatrist - R3
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
Philadelphia, PA, 19026
E-Mail Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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