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Jeff Abrahamson wrote:
>
> On Sun, Dec 17, 2000 at 07:00:47PM -0500, basic wrote:
> > On Sun, Dec 17, 2000 at 12:39:34PM -0500, Jeff Abrahamson wrote:
> > > 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.
> > >
> > dear Jeff:
> > you must specify a hard disk partition
>
> So I change the first line to read
>
> boot = /dev/hda1
>
> or
>
> boot = /dev/hda5
>
> and then run /sbin/lilo (no args).
>
> Neither of these has any discernable effect: I'm still told no
> available partitions for botting on HDD. No sign of lilo.
>
> My choice of boot values above is based on the following:
>
> $ df -k
> Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
> /dev/hda5 39294220 8679716 28618432 23% /
> /dev/hda1 23302 7070 15029 32% /boot
> /dev/sda1 2885780 857684 1881508 31% /home2
> $
>
> Note, also, that
>
> # /sbin/fdisk /dev/sda
>
> Command (m for help): p
>
> Disk /dev/sda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 522 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/sda1 1 365 2931831 83 Linux
> /dev/sda2 366 522 1261102+ 5 Extended
> /dev/sda5 366 522 1261071 82 Linux swap
>
> Command (m for help): q
>
> # /sbin/fdisk /dev/hda
>
> Command (m for help): p
>
> Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 4982 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hda1 * 1 3 24066 83 Linux
> /dev/hda2 4 4982 39993817+ 5 Extended
> /dev/hda5 4 4973 39921493+ 83 Linux
> /dev/hda6 4974 4982 72261 82 Linux swap
>
> Command (m for help): q
>
> #
>
> > > 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
>
> --
> Jeff
>
> Jeff Abrahamson <http://www.purple.com/jeff/>
>
How about a cat /etc/mtab and cat /etc/fstab?
What is your boot disk at the time you are running lilo? And doesn't
lilo give any messages when you run it? It should give at least a
success or failure indication.
--
Kevin Brosius
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