Re: lilo config is busted, need help fixing it

2010-09-26 Thread briand
On Sun, 26 Sep 2010 20:01:36 -0400 (EDT) Stephen Powell wrote: > >> I also don't see any zz-lilo hook scripts, which the latest version > >> of lilo would have installed. Reinstall the latest version of > >> lilo. This should also install a file > >> in /etc/initramfs/post-update.d called lilo o

Re: lilo config is busted, need help fixing it

2010-09-26 Thread briand
On Sun, 26 Sep 2010 19:51:12 -0400 (EDT) Stephen Powell wrote: > > # Kernel image management overrides > > # See kernel-img.conf(5) for details > > do_symlinks = no > > relative_links = yes > > do_bootloader = no > > do_bootfloppy = no > > do_initrd = yes > > link_in_boot = yes > > postinst_hook

Re: lilo config is busted, need help fixing it

2010-09-26 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sun, 26 Sep 2010 22:29:34 -0400 (EDT), bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 12:28:00 -0400 (EDT), Stephen Powell wrote: >> >> Several problems here. S30initramfs, S50symlink_hook, >> K30initramfs, and K50symlink_hook, though they will still >> work, I now consider obsolete. S30initr

Re: lilo config is busted, need help fixing it

2010-09-26 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sun, 26 Sep 2010 22:14:29 -0400 (EDT), bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 12:28:00 -0400 (EDT), Stephen Powell wrote: >> I'm also going to need >> to see the output of the following commands: >> >>ls -Al /dev/disk/by-id/ > > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Sep 26 18:12 > ata-WDC_WD

Re: lilo config is busted, need help fixing it

2010-09-26 Thread briand
On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 12:28:00 -0400 (EDT) Stephen Powell wrote: > > Several problems here. S30initramfs, S50symlink_hook, > K30initramfs, and K50symlink_hook, though they will still > work, I now consider obsolete. S30initramfs and K30initramfs > were made obsolete by newer versions of the init

Re: lilo config is busted, need help fixing it

2010-09-26 Thread briand
On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 12:28:00 -0400 (EDT) Stephen Powell wrote: > On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 03:40:04 -0400 (EDT), bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > I'm also going to need > to see the output of the following commands: > >ls -Al /dev/disk/by-id/ lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Sep 26 18:12 ata-WDC_WD2500YS-01

Re: lilo config is busted, need help fixing it

2010-09-25 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 03:40:04 -0400 (EDT), bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > > Before I post all that stuff, let me show you exactly what's happening > on boot. I think there is something very strange going on and it may > not be lilo. > > Lin_img0 is : /boot/vmlinuz > > When I boot using that entry

Re: lilo config is busted, need help fixing it

2010-09-25 Thread Stephen Powell
On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 00:54:12 -0400 (EDT), Stan Hoeppner wrote: > Stephen Powell put forth on 9/24/2010 4:06 PM: >> Current stock Debian kernels for the >> amd64 architecture are right on the ragged edge of being too >> large for lilo to load below the 16M line > > And the bulk of these ~16MB stock

Re: lilo config is busted, need help fixing it

2010-09-25 Thread briand
On Sat, 25 Sep 2010 00:17:30 -0500 Stan Hoeppner wrote: > bri...@aracnet.com put forth on 9/24/2010 7:42 PM: > > > right now I'm thinking I've got something misconfigured, but what ?? > > Running lilo manually should fix whatever's going on and it most > > certainly isn't. > > Did you possibly

Re: lilo config is busted, need help fixing it

2010-09-25 Thread briand
On Fri, 24 Sep 2010 21:18:25 -0400 (EDT) Stephen Powell wrote: Before I post all that stuff, let me show you exactly what's happening on boot. I think there is something very strange going on and it may not be lilo. Lin_img0 is : /boot/vmlinuz When I boot using that entry I get the following

Re: lilo config is busted, need help fixing it

2010-09-24 Thread Stan Hoeppner
bri...@aracnet.com put forth on 9/24/2010 7:42 PM: > right now I'm thinking I've got something misconfigured, but what ?? > Running lilo manually should fix whatever's going on and it most > certainly isn't. Did you possibly lose your BIOS LBA configuration before the dist-upgrade, and didn't kno

Re: lilo config is busted, need help fixing it

2010-09-24 Thread Stan Hoeppner
Stephen Powell put forth on 9/24/2010 4:06 PM: > Current stock Debian kernels for the > amd64 architecture are right on the ragged edge of being too > large for lilo to load below the 16M line And the bulk of these ~16MB stock kernels is the initrd, correct? Wow those are huge. I'm so glad I rol

Re: lilo config is busted, need help fixing it

2010-09-24 Thread Stephen Powell
On Fri, 24 Sep 2010 20:42:56 -0400 (EDT), bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > > I've run lilo and rebooted multiple times and always get the same > result. Interesting. What happens if you specify root=802 as an argument to the boot prompt? > right now I'm thinking I've got something misconfigured

Re: lilo config is busted, need help fixing it

2010-09-24 Thread briand
On Fri, 24 Sep 2010 17:06:43 -0400 (EDT) Stephen Powell wrote: > On Fri, 24 Sep 2010 10:10:53 -0400 (EDT), bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > > > > I deleted one of the older images and when it finished I got this > > mess: > > > > Could not find postrm hook script [lilo-update]. > > Looked in: '/bin'

Re: lilo config is busted, need help fixing it

2010-09-24 Thread Stephen Powell
On Fri, 24 Sep 2010 10:10:53 -0400 (EDT), bri...@aracnet.com wrote: > > I deleted one of the older images and when it finished I got this mess: > > Could not find postrm hook script [lilo-update]. > Looked in: '/bin', '/sbin', '/usr/bin', '/usr/sbin' > Examining /etc/kernel/postrm.d . > Purging c

Re: lilo config is busted, need help fixing it

2010-09-24 Thread briand
On Fri, 24 Sep 2010 11:57:25 +0200 David Baron wrote: > Try reinstalling your kernel, or if you compiled your own, install a > recent linux-image-2.6.32.5 from Sid. The postinstall script will > point /etc/fstab and lilo.conf to the newer UUID references and then > it should play. > > The postin

Re: lilo config is busted, need help fixing it

2010-09-24 Thread briand
On Fri, 24 Sep 2010 11:57:25 +0200 David Baron wrote: > Try reinstalling your kernel, or if you compiled your own, install a > recent linux-image-2.6.32.5 from Sid. The postinstall script will > point /etc/fstab and lilo.conf to the newer UUID references and then > it should play. I'll give it a

Re: lilo config is busted, need help fixing it

2010-09-24 Thread David Baron
Try reinstalling your kernel, or if you compiled your own, install a recent linux-image-2.6.32.5 from Sid. The postinstall script will point /etc/fstab and lilo.conf to the newer UUID references and then it should play. The postinstall for home-brew kernels does not do this for you, I'm afraid a

Re: lilo config is busted, need help fixing it

2010-09-23 Thread Boyd Stephen Smith Jr.
In <4c9c2ca9.3020...@hardwarefreak.com>, Stan Hoeppner wrote: >bri...@aracnet.com put forth on 9/23/2010 11:25 PM: >>> No, that's normal. What had you changed on the system immediately >>> prior to this boot problem occurring? >> >> apt-get dist-upgrade, natch. > >WTF is "natch"? Shortening of "

Re: lilo config is busted, need help fixing it

2010-09-23 Thread Stan Hoeppner
bri...@aracnet.com put forth on 9/23/2010 11:25 PM: >> No, that's normal. What had you changed on the system immediately >> prior to this boot problem occurring? > > apt-get dist-upgrade, natch. WTF is "natch"? -- Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with

Re: lilo config is busted, need help fixing it

2010-09-23 Thread briand
On Thu, 23 Sep 2010 21:25:56 -0700 wrote: > aaargh. I've never had so much trouble in my entire > linux/debian/life. I have had a smooth boot or bootloader upgrade on > this computer since I fired it up. other one works good, though. but > really, 1/2 _is_ bad. I have NOT had a smooth, etc..

Re: lilo config is busted, need help fixing it

2010-09-23 Thread briand
On Thu, 23 Sep 2010 23:20:45 -0500 Stan Hoeppner wrote: > bri...@aracnet.com put forth on 9/23/2010 10:50 PM: > > > Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-amd64 > > Device 0x0802: BIOS drive 0x80, 255 heads, 30515 cylinders, > >63 sectors. Partition offset: 120583890 sectors. > > Usi

Re: lilo config is busted, need help fixing it

2010-09-23 Thread Stan Hoeppner
bri...@aracnet.com put forth on 9/23/2010 10:50 PM: > Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.32-5-amd64 > Device 0x0802: BIOS drive 0x80, 255 heads, 30515 cylinders, >63 sectors. Partition offset: 120583890 sectors. > Using Volume ID 5879D4A8 on bios 80 > Setup length is 27 sectors. > Mappe

Re: Lilo Config

2000-01-17 Thread Christopher S. Swingley
> In the past, I've always just booted Debian off of a floppy, but this time I > want to use LILO to boot Debian or Win95 depending on what I want. If I > want to use LILO, do I just choose 'Make bootable form hard disk' at the > last step of Debian 2.1 Slink, or do I have to do something else.

Re: lilo config

1999-01-22 Thread Michael E. Touloumtzis
On Fri, Jan 22, 1999 at 12:51:30PM +0100, Thomas MANGIN wrote: > As far as I noticed I didn t see any to to config lilo with a windows > partition. I done it by hand few month ago but I needed and initrd file > If I am right. On my actual installation which is lighter I don t get it > any more. Wha

Re: lilo config

1999-01-22 Thread Andrew Ivanov
> As far as I noticed I didn t see any to to config lilo with a windows > partition. I done it by hand few month ago but I needed and initrd file > If I am right. On my actual installation which is lighter I don t get it > any more. What can i do !! > > Thomas Say again? It's kind of hard to und