| kevin mudrick on Fri, 16 Aug 2002 09:30:23 -0400 |
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> Sounds like improperly (or not at all) installed boot blocks in the > MBR. > > Failing that, plausibly a disk labeling error. hmm. before the install, "fdisk /mbr" was run from a dos floppy, to wipe that clean - then during the install, "install lilo to mbr" was chosen. what exactly is a disk labeling error? > Have you actually run lilo, having booted off the floppy? yes, we've tried running lilo, and lilo -L upon someone else's suggestion. no luck. i'm attaching the output from fdisk -l /dev/hda and also lilo.conf. Disk /dev/hda: 16 heads, 63 sectors, 39703 cylinders Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 16 8032+ 83 Linux /dev/hda2 17 404 195552 82 Linux swap /dev/hda3 405 39703 19806696 5 Extended /dev/hda5 405 1373 488344+ 83 Linux /dev/hda6 1374 10092 4394344+ 83 Linux /dev/hda7 10093 19780 4882720+ 83 Linux /dev/hda8 19781 21718 976720+ 83 Linux /dev/hda9 21719 23656 976720+ 83 Linux /dev/hda10 23657 39703 8087656+ 83 Linux ==== # /etc/lilo.conf - See: `lilo(8)' and `lilo.conf(5)', # --------------- `install-mbr(8)', `/usr/share/doc/lilo/', # and `/usr/share/doc/mbr/'. # +---------------------------------------------------------------+ # | !! Reminder !! | # | | # | Don't forget to run `lilo' after you make changes to this | # | conffile, `/boot/bootmess.txt', or install a new kernel. The | # | computer will most likely fail to boot if a kernel-image | # | post-install script or you don't remember to run `lilo'. | # | | # +---------------------------------------------------------------+ # Support LBA for large hard disks. # lba32 # Overrides the default mapping between harddisk names and the BIOS' # harddisk order. Use with caution. #disk=/dev/hde # bios=0x81 #disk=/dev/sda # bios=0x80 # Specifies the boot device. This is where Lilo installs its boot # block. It can be either a partition, or the raw device, in which # case it installs in the MBR, and will overwrite the current MBR. # boot=/dev/hda # Specifies the device that should be mounted as root. (`/') # root=/dev/hda5 # Enable map compaction: # Tries to merge read requests for adjacent sectors into a single # read request. This drastically reduces load time and keeps the # map smaller. Using `compact' is especially recommended when # booting from a floppy disk. It is disabled here by default # because it doesn't always work. # # compact # Installs the specified file as the new boot sector # You have the choice between: bmp, compat, menu and text # Look in /boot/ and in lilo.conf(5) manpage for details # install=/boot/boot-menu.b # Specifies the location of the map file # map=/boot/map # You can set a password here, and uncomment the `restricted' lines # in the image definitions below to make it so that a password must # be typed to boot anything but a default configuration. If a # command line is given, other than one specified by an `append' # statement in `lilo.conf', the password will be required, but a # standard default boot will not require one. # # This will, for instance, prevent anyone with access to the # console from booting with something like `Linux init=/bin/sh', # and thus becoming `root' without proper authorization. # # Note that if you really need this type of security, you will # likely also want to use `install-mbr' to reconfigure the MBR # program, as well as set up your BIOS to disallow booting from # removable disk or CD-ROM, then put a password on getting into the # BIOS configuration as well. Please RTFM `install-mbr(8)'. # # password=tatercounter2000 # Specifies the number of deciseconds (0.1 seconds) LILO should # wait before booting the first image. # delay=20 # You can put a customized boot message up if you like. If you use # `prompt', and this computer may need to reboot unattended, you # must specify a `timeout', or it will sit there forever waiting # for a keypress. `single-key' goes with the `alias' lines in the # `image' configurations below. eg: You can press `1' to boot # `Linux', `2' to boot `LinuxOLD', if you uncomment the `alias'. # # message=/boot/bootmess.txt prompt timeout=150 # prompt # single-key # delay=100 # timeout=100 # Specifies the VGA text mode at boot time. (normal, extended, ask, <mode>) # # vga=ask # vga=9 # vga=normal # Kernel command line options that apply to all installed images go # here. See: The `boot-prompt-HOWO' and `kernel-parameters.txt' in # the Linux kernel `Documentation' directory. # # append="" # Boot up Linux by default. # default=Linux image=/vmlinuz label=Linux read-only # restricted # alias=1 image=/vmlinuz.old label=LinuxOLD read-only optional # restricted # alias=2 # If you have another OS on this machine to boot, you can uncomment the # following lines, changing the device name on the `other' line to # where your other OS' partition is. # # other=/dev/hda4 # label=HURD # restricted # alias=3 #other=/dev/hda1 # label="Linux(hda1)" -- (kevin mudrick) (kevin@furhurts.com) (www.bleachedwhale.com) pgp key available at http://www.furhurts.com/~darkspur/kevin_gpg.asc Despair: It's always darkest just before it goes pitch black. Attachment:
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