Re: LI instead of LILO:

1998-03-04 Thread C.J.LAWSON
I'm glad to be of help Jonathan On Wed, 4 Mar 1998, Daniel Mashao wrote: > On Wed, 4 Mar 1998, C.J.LAWSON wrote: > > > I have had this problem before and I almost died of fustration before I > > fixed ... as with most things the solution was pretty simple. For a start > > try using a min

Re: LI instead of LILO:

1998-03-04 Thread Daniel Mashao
On Wed, 4 Mar 1998, C.J.LAWSON wrote: > I have had this problem before and I almost died of fustration before I > fixed ... as with most things the solution was pretty simple. For a start > try using a minimal lilo and requesting the bios to auto detect the hdd at > boot up. If this fails then do

Re: LI instead of LILO:

1998-03-04 Thread C.J.LAWSON
I have had this problem before and I almost died of fustration before I fixed ... as with most things the solution was pretty simple. For a start try using a minimal lilo and requesting the bios to auto detect the hdd at boot up. If this fails then do the same thing (auto detect) but specify large

Re: LI instead of LILO:

1998-03-04 Thread Adam Shand
> I just installed a new Debian system. I had to copy the base1 disk X times > on Y disks to get Debian to install. But now I get a LI instead of the > expected LILO: > What can I do without having to do a complete reinstall? for me the only thing that has ever caused this (there are almost certa

Re: LI instead of LILO:

1998-03-03 Thread Bill Leach
I don't remember the specific meaning of lilo stopping at LI either but as mentioned it is explained in the LILO HOWTO. Answering (at least partially) the question that I think that you are asking... You probably DO NOT need to reinstall. The problem is likely just a lilo configuration problem a

Re: LI instead of LILO:

1998-03-03 Thread Jean Pierre LeJacq
On Tue, 3 Mar 1998, Daniel Mashao wrote: > I just installed a new Debian system. I had to copy the base1 disk X times > on Y disks to get Debian to install. But now I get a LI instead of the > expected LILO: > What can I do without having to do a complete reinstall? This is the boot loader provid

LI instead of LILO:

1998-03-03 Thread Daniel Mashao
I just installed a new Debian system. I had to copy the base1 disk X times on Y disks to get Debian to install. But now I get a LI instead of the expected LILO: What can I do without having to do a complete reinstall? /---/ Daniel J.