LILO L 99 error
 

Hi everybody,

Hi know that this topic has already been discussed here but I don't really understand what is there and I tried some of the things that I read there and I couldn't make it.

Well anyway my distro is Slackware, and I had it runnig for about one month. Suddently when I rebooted it yesterday it just gave me L 99. I think it's a lilo.config problem so I ran my knoppix cd to boot and oppened the lilo.conf in /etc and it's this:

# LILO configuration file
# generated by 'liloconfig'
#
# Start LILO global section
boot="/dev/hda3"
message = /boot/boot_message.txt
prompt
timeout="1200"
# Override dangerous defaults that rewrite the partition table:
change-rules
reset
# Normal VGA console
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x64k
# vga=791
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x32k
# vga=790
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x256
# vga=773
# VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x64k
# vga=788
# VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x32k
# vga=787
# VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x256
# vga=771
# VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x64k
# vga=785
# VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x32k
# vga=784
# VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x256
# vga=769
# End LILO global section
# Linux bootable partition config begins

image=/boot/vmlinuz
root=/dev/hda3
label="Linux"
read-only
# Linux bootable partition config e

ok so I have a drive for linux (hda3) a drive for windows (hda1) and a drive for my personal things (hda2).

I tried to install a new lilo but as I don't have permissions it's not possible.

So I think that's it, if you need any further detail please ask

Thanks

Oh I don't have a floppy drive... :(

Stay cool everybody

If u have access to the slack install cd's maybe just maybe there is a rescue utility in there. use it to insatll a new lilo.

Hope this helps

Ok man, I'll be sure to try that out.

But in case the slack cd's don't have a rescue utility, do you know any distro that have it?? whould it work on my installation?

Thanks once again

Almost all the distros have that rescue utility, that is why i thought that so must slack.

That L99 is a very common problem. What most ppl suggest is to clear your MBR using a floppy disk and then make a fresh install of lilo. But since u dont have a floppy drive, i can only say to reinstall lilo.

dllmetal

I have the same problem... Did you get yours solved?

Thanks,

Live CD's may be your salvation

there are a bunch of Live CDs out there, but whenever I get between a rock and a hard place, I pick up my Mepis Live CD, boot right into GUI, Kedit if any conf files need "tweaking" or write LILO to MBR again.

hope that helps

I've got the same problem. I couldn''t solve the error in with lilo, but I've installed grub instead. With grub I haven't had any problems any more.

Maybe you can try grub. It's only a bit strange to install it (partition names).

it's not so strange. grub counts ur partitions from zero(0)

i got it !
 

From: http://knoppix.net/forum/threads/229...-problem/page2


The "lilo 99" problem occurs, wen mbr damaged.
this often happens if you set the main disk to a partition not the device.

so if you set in lilo.conf somthing like boot=/dev/hda6 you'll get this error.
set boot=/dev/hda instead and run lilo again
or run lilo with -M /dev/hda with same effect.

-fgrep.

work for me.

Moderator response
 

Stop resurrecting necro threads. Second time today.
Cease now!

Grub legacy (0.98) counts partitions from zero.
But Grub 2 (2.00) counts partitions from one.