mg on Sat, 15 Jan 2000 08:48:59 -0500 (EST)


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Re: [PLUG] LILO troubles




On Fri, 14 Jan 2000, LeRoy D. Cressy wrote:

> When you ran lilo did you get the messages that linux and what ever were loaded
> ok like:
> 
> Added Linux *
> Added Linux-old
> Added dos
> 

Yes, I did. Both of my listed partitions in /etc/lilo.conf were added
without trouble.

	- Joe


> 
> mg@infinity.stf.org wrote:
> > 
> > Hi all,
> > 
> >         Experiencing some frustrating lilo behavior.  Tiring of using a
> > bootdisk I decided to put aside my previous hair-pulling sessions and give
> > lilo another try.  So I installed it, upgraded to kernel 2.3.39 for shits
> > and giggles, and rebooted. Voila! Systems boots just perfectly, except I
> > forgot to rerun lilo after building 2.3.39 so the default kernel 2.2.12
> > that shipped with Slack 7 was booted.  No problem, of course, I'll just
> > run lilo so it updates and reboot again.  Well, after I did that I ended
> > up with "LI" syndrome.  I thought it might be that this new kernel was a bit too
> > large, but when I checked it out, both the 2.2.12 kernel that booted and
> > the 2.3.39 kernel that wouldn't are the same size. I'm at a loss here and
> > would appreciate any suggestions you all might have for me.  Here's a
> > rundown of the pertinent info, let me know if anyone would like to know
> > more:
> > 
> >         Slackware 7.0
> >         Kernel 2.3.39 w/ SMP
> >         linux root partition on /dev/hdb1 (defined in lilo, of course)
> >         dos parition on /dev/hda1 (also defined in lilo)
> >         Award BIOS (at work and don't recall the version, but if anyone
> >                         would like to know I'll get it)
> > 
> >         Finally, this may or may not matter but stuck in my mind as the
> > biggest X factor, the 2.3.39 kernel that won't boot has SMP support, the
> > 2.2.12 kernel that does boot does not.  Thanks.
> > 
> >         - Joe
> > 
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