Re: LILO problems,no boot, can I use Knoppix rescue to fix?

2003-09-26 Thread Alexander Schmehl
* J F <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030924 21:53]: > But when I run lilo, it > says: > # sudo su > # lilo -C /mnt/hda1/etc/lilo.conf > Fatal. Sorry, don't know how to handle device 0xf000 > > How can I use Knoppix to fix LILO boot? I don't know, if this will fix your problem, but you might try to use chr

LILO problems,no boot, can I use Knoppix rescue to fix?

2003-09-26 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
I am doing this from memory, so I stand to be corrected. But... You must chroot to the root directory that has the problem and the /etc with lilo.conf. Lilo does that with the -r option: so try lilo -r /mnt/hda1 Regards, Hugo __ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shop

Re: LILO problems,no boot, can I use Knoppix rescue to fix?

2003-09-26 Thread Jerome R. Acks
On Tue, Sep 23, 2003 at 11:02:02PM -0400, J F wrote: > > Any way, I can reboot using the Knoppix CD > as a rescue disk > and then edit /mnt/hda1/etc/lilo.conf . > But when I run lilo, it > says: > # sudo su > # lilo -C /mnt/hda1/etc/lilo.conf > Fatal. Sorry, don't know how to handle device 0xf00

Re: LILO problems,no boot, can I use Knoppix rescue to fix?

2003-09-26 Thread Erik Steffl
J F wrote: Repost with modifications, first one did make it to the list: I did an aptitude and did an update, and a few "g" keystrokes to download and install. Aptitude said something like: Warning, it was deleting modules for old version of kernel. Now the system won't reboot. THe screen says:

Re: LILO problems,no boot, can I use Knoppix rescue to fix?

2003-09-26 Thread J F
FIxed. I pressed the ALT key to go to boot from linux.old selection in the lilo boot menu. Then went in and downloaded a new kernel (for Athlon K7) and matching modules. Sorry, if you see my original posting several times, it is taking a full day to see my posting show up?? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, e

LILO problems,no boot, can I use Knoppix rescue to fix?

2003-09-26 Thread J F
Subject: LILO problems, no boot, can I use Knoppix rescue to fix? Repost with modifications, first few tries did make it to the debian user list. Maybe an overzealous spam filter again: I did an aptitude and did an update, and a few "g" keystrokes to download and install. Aptitude said

LILO problems,no boot, can I use Knoppix rescue to fix?

2003-09-25 Thread J F
Repost with modifications, first few tries did make it to the debian user list. Maybe an overzealous spam filter again: I did an aptitude and did an update, and a few "g" keystrokes to download and install. Aptitude said something like: Warning, it was deleting modules for old version of kernel

LILO problems,no boot, can I use Knoppix rescue to fix?

2003-09-25 Thread J F
Repost with modifications, first one did make it to the list: I did an aptitude and did an update, and a few "g" keystrokes to download and install. Aptitude said something like: Warning, it was deleting modules for old version of kernel. Now the system won't reboot. THe screen says: LILO 22.5

LILO problems,no boot

2003-09-24 Thread J F
I did an aptitude and did an update, and a few "g" keystrokes to download and install. It said: warning, it was deleted modules for old version of kernel. Now the system won't reboot. This is from a Knoppix CD install. Any way, I can reboot using the Knoppix CD and edit /mnt/hda1/etc/lilo.conf .