Re: Making Debian bootable from hard disk

1997-11-28 Thread Gertjan Klein
> boot=/dev/hda1 This line tells LILO to install itself to the bootsector of the first harddisk partition. In order for LILO to actually run, the MBR software must boot this partition (i.e., the active flag must be set to it). Alternatively, you may choose to install LILO to the MBR: boot

Re: Making Debian bootable from hard disk

1997-11-28 Thread Orn E. Hansen
Steve Kostecke writes: > > Here is my /etc/lilo.conf: > > > > boot=/dev/hda1 > > root=/dev/hdc1 > > /dev/hda1 = first partition on master disk on 1st IDE controller > /dev/hdc1 = first partition on master disk on 2nd IDE controller > > If both of your disks are running off the 1st IDE c

Re: Making Debian bootable from hard disk

1997-11-27 Thread Orn E. Hansen
Luis Francisco Gonzalez writes: > What's the lilo.conf? Which is the root partition? > > The way I see it, you should have something like: > My lilo.conf file looks like: boot=/dev/hda1 root=/dev/hdc1 compact install=/boot/boot.b map=/boot/map vga=normal delay=20 image=/vmli

Re: Making Debian bootable from hard disk

1997-11-27 Thread Joost Kooij
On Thu, 27 Nov 1997, Orn E. Hansen wrote: > Recently I upgraded my system with a new hard disk, and moved all of > Debian over to the new harddisk. After having moved it, I > recalibrated the old disk, scratching everything that was there > including the master boot record. > > This was ok,

Making Debian bootable from hard disk

1997-11-27 Thread Orn E. Hansen
Hi, Recently I upgraded my system with a new hard disk, and moved all of Debian over to the new harddisk. After having moved it, I recalibrated the old disk, scratching everything that was there including the master boot record. This was ok, and all my files got themselves safely on their n