After reboot the sytem hangs with a letter L

asrkumar · 04-22-2005, 07:02 AM

Hi Linux Guru's

I was installing RH linux 9.0 in my PC . I have selected lilo boot loader. When the installation is completed after reboot of the pc for the first time the system hang's with a letter 'L'. I have win 2k installed earlier before installing linux in fat-16 partion.

Any thoughts gentleman......

BR

ksgill · 04-22-2005, 07:12 AM

You most likely didnt install LILO on the MBR (Master Boot Record), use your cd or installation disk to reinstall the bootloader and it should fix the problem.

Good Luck

asrkumar · 04-22-2005, 07:22 AM

Hi,

Thanks for the reply.

How do i do that???

masand · 04-22-2005, 07:28 AM

boot from the 1st CD of ur redhat

type

linux rescue
at the boot prompt

follow the instructions

after u are in the environment then run

lilo

to re-install lilo again

regards

asrkumar · 04-22-2005, 07:58 AM

Hi masand,

when I did that i get an error mssg as ' /etc/lilo.conf : No such file of directory'

thanks in advance

masand · 04-22-2005, 08:01 AM

did u run

chroot /mnt/sysimage

before running lilo???

asrkumar · 04-22-2005, 08:13 AM

I ran chroot /mnt/sysimage before lilo.

this time after runnig lilo. I get the below message
Warning: /dev/hdd is not on the efirst disk
Added linux
Added DOS*

After reload it hang's again with a letter L

--Thanks

masand · 04-22-2005, 08:36 AM

i have seen this kinds of errors
lilo tries to be on the 1st drive this is hda(primary master)
so one solution can be making that primary master but that would involve a lot of other modifications also

regards

asrkumar · 04-22-2005, 08:59 AM

I have only one hard disk which is the primary HD that I have partioned....

masand · 04-22-2005, 09:36 AM

no this hdd in lilo.conf tells that it is a secondary slave..

or have u switched ur drives??

asrkumar · 04-22-2005, 10:35 AM

Switching drives??

am sorry I don't get you...

when I do a "df" this is what I get...

/dev/hdd3 5036316 1024036 3756448 22% /
/dev/hdd2 101107 9172 86714 10% /boot
none 5036316 1024036 3756448 22% /dev/shm

masand · 04-22-2005, 11:40 AM

thats what i am saying

hdd implies that it is a secondary slave not primary master

user27519298 · 04-22-2005, 02:17 PM

Try using Grub /LILO can be triky sometimes

masand · 04-22-2005, 02:20 PM

yes grub is newer than lilo so this can help u