Re: L 80 80 80 80, etc. on boot

hi ya simple tests to do next ??? - get a boot media, floppy or bootable cdrom etc - dd if=/boot/vmlinuz of=/dev/fd0 rdev /dev/fd0 /dev/hda where your / is - than fix lilo - make sure oyu have lba32 - turn off linear - rerun lilo - make sure / is < 1024 cylin

Re: L 80 80 80 80, etc. on boot

On 0, Seneca Cunningham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Martin Edward John Waller wrote: > > I've done a potato install but can't boot from the > > hard disk (have the floppy boot working OK tho'). > > > > I get the above message (L 80 80 80 continuosly). > > > > Is there a way to fix this? I instal

RE: L 80 80 80 80, etc. on boot

I've seen this/like posts before so checking the archives would be a good bet. From what I recall the simplest way to fix this is to use deselect to uninstall/reinstall lilo. I haven't done this b4 so I can't say exactly though you may have to rm /etc/lilo.conf or mv to something like lilo.old or

Re: L 80 80 80 80, etc. on boot

Martin Edward John Waller wrote: > I've done a potato install but can't boot from the > hard disk (have the floppy boot working OK tho'). > > I get the above message (L 80 80 80 continuosly). > > Is there a way to fix this? I installed lilo > diecrtly onto the mbr. Does the information in /etc/li