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On Sun, Dec 17, 2000 at 12:39:34PM -0500, Jeff Abrahamson wrote:
> I've got two lilo problems. I've been reading lilo docs for hours now
> and it's still not clear to me.
>
>
> 1. Whatever else is going on, lilo just doesn't seem to want to let me
> boot from my hard drive. This has been the case since I installed my
> latest copy of linux (RH 6.2). I used to be able to boot off of my
> hard drive in days past (but then it was /dev/sda).
>
> I've attached a copy of lilo.conf. But, basically, you should know
> that I've got two hard drives, /dev/sda and /dev/hda. I want to boot
> off of /dev/hda5. I use the much smaller scsi drive for swap and some
> extra storage. It's historical.
>
> I run lilo (as /sbin/lilo -v -v -v), but it's either not writing to my
> MBR or it's not doing it the way I want. I want to turn the machine on
> and have linux come up. Now it turns on and says it can't figure out
> what to do, why don't I insert a floppy and hit return.
>
>
> 2. I compiled a new kernel (2.2.18) because I wanted USB support for
> my flashcard reader so I can use my new digital camera. I get bzImage,
> but no file to put in /boot/initrd-2.2.18.smp.img. Of course, since
> lilo isn't writing to my MBR, I can't boot a new kernel anyway,
> because my floppy boot disk doesn't know about other kernels.
>
>
> Ugh. Any help much appreciated.
>
> --
> Jeff
>
> Jeff Abrahamson <http://www.purple.com/jeff/>
>
dear Jeff:
you must specify a hard disk partition
> boot = /dev/hda
> timeout = 50
> linear
> prompt
> default = linux
> vga = normal
> read-only
> map=/boot/map
> install=/boot/boot.b
> image = /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14-5.0smp
> label = linux
> initrd = /boot/initrd-2.2.14-5.0smp.img
> root = /dev/hda5
> image = /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14-5.0
> label = linux-up
> initrd = /boot/initrd-2.2.14-5.0.img
> root = /dev/hda5
sandy basickes
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