Re: [PLUG] lilo won't boot

[LeRoy Cressy <leroy@lrcressy.com>]

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LI means that the first stage of the boot loader was able to load the 
second stage of the boot loader but could not execute it.  This can 
either be caused by a geometry mismatch, or by moving /boot/boot.b 
without running the map installer.

I have run into this kind of trouble in the past and you need to start 
your system from a boot floppy.  chroot to your root partition on your 
hard drive and rerun lilo.

Molnar, Bradley wrote:
> my old machine started having troubles.  So, I decided to switch all of the
> hardware to a different machine.  In theory, the old drive should just boot.
> But, lilo prints out LI and then hangs.  If I hit ctrl-alt-del, it
> repeatedly prints out LI, but doesn't do anything meaningful.
>
> The install is a bit old (SuSE 7.1), but it worked fine.
>
> Anyone have any ideas how to get this working?
>
> I disconnected the cd-drive until I can get a spliter for the power cables,
> but can reconnect it easily.
>
> thanks
> -b
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