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

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

RE: Lilo Problems

2003-08-14 Thread Jefferson Cowart
ilto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 05:19 > To: Jefferson Cowart > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Lilo Problems > > > Jefferson Cowart wrote: > > >I've installed a new server (woody 3.0r1 + proposed updates > + security > >updates

Re: Lilo Problems

2003-08-14 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 12:23:24AM -0700, Jefferson Cowart wrote: > I've installed a new server (woody 3.0r1 + proposed updates + security > updates) on a system that is running with root on sda3. Lilo seems to be > having problems as on boot it output

Re: Lilo Problems

2003-08-14 Thread Vineet Kumar
* Paul Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [030806 02:48]: > On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 12:23:24AM -0700, Jefferson Cowart wrote: > > Please CC me on any responses as I'm not subscribed to this list. > > http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/usenet/mail-responses.html > Either set Mail-Followup-To: yourself or don'

RE: Lilo Problems

2003-08-14 Thread Jefferson Cowart
Thanks for the help everyone. I ended up getting the answer from the LILO developer. His answer is below. The problem stems from the fact that the version of LILO in stable can't handle the bios booting from a disk other than the first one, without telling lilo what the bios boot order is. In my sy

Re: Lilo Problems

2003-08-14 Thread cr
On Wednesday 06 August 2003 19:23, Jefferson Cowart wrote: > I've installed a new server (woody 3.0r1 + proposed updates + security > updates) on a system that is running with root on sda3. Lilo seems to be > having problems as on boot it outputs and L followed by 01 01 01 and on > and on. i.e. "L

Re: Lilo Problems

2003-08-11 Thread ajlewis2
In linux.debian.user, you wrote: > Sorry I mis-typed the rescue line. My root is /dev/sda3 and I type > "rescure root=/dev/sda3". Below is my lilo.conf file with comments > removed. In addition I've included my /etc/fstab file and the output of > df -h to show my /boot partition is small and at the

Re: Lilo Problems OT

2003-08-08 Thread Shawn Lamson
On Wed, August 06 at 2:46 AM EDT Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Please CC me on any responses as I'm not subscribed to this list. > >http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/usenet/mail-responses.html >Either set Mail-Followup-To: yourself or don't request it. Paul - for future reference - wha

Re: Lilo Problems

2003-08-08 Thread Kent West
Jefferson Cowart wrote: I've installed a new server (woody 3.0r1 + proposed updates + security updates) on a system that is running with root on sda3. Lilo seems to be having problems as on boot it outputs and L followed by 01 01 01 and on and on. i.e. "L 01 01 01 01..." Any clues what the problem

Re: Lilo Problems OT

2003-08-07 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 09:11:31AM -0400, Shawn Lamson wrote: > Paul - for future reference - what if one requests CC's because it > sometimes takes hours (12 or more) for one to see posts on the lists due > to listserv (or whatever handles this) being

Re: lilo problems

2002-02-16 Thread Jerome Acks Jr
On Sat, Feb 16, 2002 at 06:51:23PM -0500, Peter McConnell wrote: > > As a new debian User ie 48 hours I am having trouble with the > configuration of lilo. > I installed a 2.2r3 version of debian and imediately down loaded the > 2.4.16 > binary. > The configuration tool said I am going to add a n

Re: lilo problems

2002-02-16 Thread Peter McConnell
"Greg C. Madden" wrote: > > On Sat, 2002-02-16 at 14:51, Peter McConnell wrote: > > As a new debian User ie 48 hours I am having trouble with the > > configuration of lilo. > > I installed a 2.2r3 version of debian and imediately down loaded the > > 2.4.16 > > binary. > > You can't run that kerne

Re: lilo problems

2002-02-16 Thread Greg C. Madden
On Sat, 2002-02-16 at 14:51, Peter McConnell wrote: > As a new debian User ie 48 hours I am having trouble with the > configuration of lilo. > I installed a 2.2r3 version of debian and imediately down loaded the > 2.4.16 > binary. You can't run that kernel without significant upgrades to some oth

Re: LILO problems

2001-07-30 Thread Kent West
Kent West wrote: Sam Varghese wrote: On Mon, Jul 30, 2001 at 05:03:59PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying to configure LILO to allow me to boot from my FAT partition (Windows 98) and my Linux partition, but for some reason the only thing it'll boot from is Linux. If I try to run a

Re: LILO problems

2001-07-30 Thread Kent West
Sam Varghese wrote: On Mon, Jul 30, 2001 at 05:03:59PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying to configure LILO to allow me to boot from my FAT partition (Windows 98) and my Linux partition, but for some reason the only thing it'll boot from is Linux. If I try to run a boot loader from DO

Re: LILO problems

2001-07-30 Thread Sam Varghese
On Mon, Jul 30, 2001 at 05:03:59PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm trying to configure LILO to allow me to boot from my FAT partition > (Windows 98) and my Linux partition, but for some reason the only thing it'll > boot from is Linux. If I try to run a boot loader from DOS to configure it,

Re: LILO problems

2001-07-30 Thread Kent West
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm trying to configure LILO to allow me to boot from my FAT partition (Windows 98) and my Linux partition, but for some reason the only thing it'll boot from is Linux. If I try to run a boot loader from DOS to configure it, the only partition it'll find is the Windows

Re: LILO problems

2001-07-30 Thread Jason Majors
Put an entry like this: # Boot Win98 other=/dev/sda2 label=dos(2) alias=2 You also need entries for prompt, and delay (and I'd suggest timeout and single-key). prompt # Needed so you can choose what to boot. single-key # Allows you to use number aliases without hitting enter. delay=100 #

Re: lilo problems

2001-07-24 Thread Frank Zimmermann
Dan Ryan wrote: I am completely new to debian and linux for that matter and I was just installing it on one of my other computers. Now I want to make it a dual boot system. The only problem is I can't use X because I dont have a supported video card. So... how do I edit lilo.conf from the star

Re: lilo problems

2001-07-23 Thread harshu
hi, are you sure that lilo is installed? lilo.conf is in /etc dpkg -l | grep lilo. on my system this is the output. ii lilo 21.7.5-5 LInux LOader - The Classic OS loader can loa if you don't get anything similar the run apt-get install lilo. hope that helps regards

Re: Lilo problems after a debian installation...

2001-02-08 Thread Hall Stevenson
I thought it was odd that you had Windows on the secondary controller. I didn't think it would work that way, but assumed it was already. I thought you made some changes to lilo and then it stopped working... Oh well, it's working now so that's all that matters ! Hall > thanks lot for your help

Re: Lilo problems after a debian installation...

2001-02-08 Thread Rogelio E. Castillo Haro
line in my > config file. > > Good luck > Hall > > - Original Message - > From: "Rogelio E. Castillo Haro,,," <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Hall Stevenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2001 1:49 PM > Subject: Re:

Re: Lilo problems after a debian installation...

2001-02-07 Thread Hall Stevenson
> Primary master (hda) with Debian, just installed las weekend > Secondary master (hdc) with Win98 already installed and working...(sic) > Well I install Debian on my primary disk and tell lilo to install at the > MBR (unsafe I know) > Now when I select to boot win98 it appears: > Loading win > L?

Re: LILO problems . . .

2000-08-29 Thread luke b
i got it working. i just had to turn on the welcome message and an "alias", and it started working like i'm used to . . . luke From: Dean <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: luke b <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: LILO problems . . . Date: Mon,

Re: LILO problems . . .

2000-08-29 Thread Philipp Schulte
On Mon, Aug 28, 2000 at 08:18:43PM -0500, luke b wrote: > I am having problems with lilo. When my computer boots, I have no > opportunity to type my other kernel labels. It just says "LILO", and I am > unable to type anything. Lilo is in my MBR. Please help . . . Does it say prompt timeou

Re: LILO problems . . .

2000-08-28 Thread Dean
Hi Luke: You did try to hit the shift key as soon as you saw lilo? That should pause lilo, then you can hit tab and that will show all choices loaded in lilo.conf hth Dean luke b wrote: > > I am having problems with lilo. When my computer boots, I have no > opportunity to type my other ker

Re: LILO problems . . .

2000-08-28 Thread Ray Percival
You need to edit /etc/lilo.conf the default file has really good comments just read them and do the right thing. -- Original Message -- From: "luke b" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 20:18:43 CDT >I am having problems with lilo. When my computer

Re: LILO problems with new HD

1999-07-27 Thread Jon Keating
You were referring to System.map for the error messages, not the /boot/map file used to load the system.

Re: LILO problems with new HD

1999-07-26 Thread Colin Marquardt
* Jon Keating <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > with that. Can a system boot up without a map file? It seems like it can. Yes, you experienced it :-) > But like your problem, I always thought you needed the map file. I know my Only if you want more informative error messages in case of a kernel

Re: LILO problems with new HD

1999-07-26 Thread Lev Lvovsky
> Ok I guess I have to spend more time to ask specific questions.. > sigh > > You said > "I simply copied /boot/* and /home/* to the new drive, and ran lilo on > it." > > You didn't say if you updated the /etc/fstab file. yes, /boot, /home, and the swap partition are updated to reside on the n

Re: LILO problems with new HD

1999-07-26 Thread Wayne Topa
Subject: Re: LILO problems with new HD Date: Mon, Jul 26, 1999 at 01:21:46AM -0700 In reply to:Lev Lvovsky Quoting Lev Lvovsky([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > hehe, sorry, I post under the assumption that ppl's balls are in working > order ;-D. > > /boot is hda1.

Re: LILO problems with new HD

1999-07-26 Thread Jon Keating
I don't know if we have similiar problems or not. With my system it can't find the map file, but it still boots up, so I'm not sure what the deal is with that. Can a system boot up without a map file? It seems like it can. But like your problem, I always thought you needed the map file. I know

Re: LILO problems with new HD

1999-07-26 Thread Lev Lvovsky
> > I've recently discovered problems with the drive that had the /boot and > > /home partitions of my Debian box, so I decided to go out and get a new > > HD > > in transferring the files, I simply copied /boot/* and /home/* to the new > > drive, and ran lilo on it. It gave me the message

Re: LILO problems with new HD

1999-07-26 Thread Wayne Topa
Subject: LILO problems with new HD Date: Sun, Jul 25, 1999 at 09:48:08PM -0700 In reply to:Lev Lvovsky Quoting Lev Lvovsky([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Hello, > > I've recently discovered problems with the drive that had the /boot and > /home partitions of my Debian box, so I decided

Re: lilo problems

1999-05-03 Thread Oliver Elphick
tf wrote: >hey all > >I just expanded the 2.2.6 kernal into /usr/src. I have only the base system > installed, but am getting debs and >throwing them into a windows directory. among them was "make". so I got to > the "make menuconfig" step and I got >an error (sorry can't

Re: lilo problems

1999-02-21 Thread Andrei Ivanov
If 2 drives are swaped, /etc/fstab will also need to be changed to reflect changes in system. Andrew --- Andrei S. Ivanov [EMAIL PROTECTED] UIN 12402354 http://members.tripod

Re: lilo problems

1999-02-21 Thread Nils Rennebarth
On Sun, Feb 21, 1999 at 02:06:50PM -0500, Christopher Fury wrote: > I've had debian 2.0 running on my machine for a while now, but I finally > decided it > was time to load up windows so I could play some games. :) I went out > and bought > a new hard drive, and I want to boot windows off of it.

Re: LILO Problems, Groan

1999-02-07 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Thu, Aug 21, 1997 at 10:44:08PM -0700, Mike Schmitz wrote: > make the "boot" line in /etc/lilo.conf read > boot=/dev/hda - or sda for SCSI > and run lilo Urgh. That's the wrong solution. It is unnecessary in 95% of cases to put LILO in the MBR, and it just makes things more confusing later

Re: LILO Problems, Groan

1999-02-05 Thread Mike Schmitz
On Aug 22, Paul Lange wrote > Joy. I've installed Debian 1.3.1 fresh on a 486/66 with ~4 megs of ram. > This machine is to be a router for home, but right after the install when I'm > to reboot and see how my system goes, I get this as an error message when LILO > won't load: > > 3FA: >

Re: LILO Problems...

1999-01-27 Thread Nils Rennebarth
On Wed, Jan 27, 1999 at 12:03:40PM -0600, Harrison, Shawn wrote: > > /dev/sda1 <== New SCSI Disk, Linux filesystem, bootable > /dev/hda1 <== Old 9GB Disk, hda1 currently holds old copy of filesystem. > /dev/hda2 <== Windoze partition on old disk, bootable. > > I included my lilo.conf below. I'm

RE: LILO Problems...

1999-01-27 Thread Harrison, Shawn
/dev/sda1 <== New SCSI Disk, Linux filesystem, bootable /dev/hda1 <== Old 9GB Disk, hda1 currently holds old copy of filesystem. /dev/hda2 <== Windoze partition on old disk, bootable. I included my lilo.conf below. I'm sure that I'm either doing something dumb, or just not considering an obvious

Re: LILO problems with NT OS loader

1997-11-18 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Mon, Nov 17, 1997 at 11:23:19AM -0700, Robert Goodwin wrote: > I'm having a bit of a problem getting my OS loader to boot Linux using > LILO. I downloaded some instructions from www.windows-nt.com/multiboot on > this but they aren't working correctly although it seems like they should. > > w

Re: LILO problems with NT OS loader

1997-11-18 Thread Daniel Mashao
> -- > interzone:/etc# /sbin/lilo > Warning: /dev/hdd is not on the first disk > Warning: BIOS drive 0x82 may not be accessible > Warning: BIOS drive 0x82 may not be accessible > Warning: BIOS drive 0x82 may not be accessible I struggled thru this myself recently. I finally had lilo booting NT.

Re: LILO Problems, Groan

1997-08-22 Thread Mike Schmitz
On Aug 22, Paul Lange wrote > Joy. I've installed Debian 1.3.1 fresh on a 486/66 with ~4 megs of ram. > This machine is to be a router for home, but right after the install when I'm > to reboot and see how my system goes, I get this as an error message when LILO > won't load: > > 3FA: >