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I just gave /home a new 19gb partition (which is hda5) and left / to the old 7.1gb partition (was hda5, now hda6). Now linux won't boot because it's trying to boot from /dev/hda5. I need to somehow configure it so it will try to boot from /dev/hda6 instead. I get the Lilo menu, "windows", "linux", "263-7" and "failsafe" and everything works the same except for windows which brings me to windows just fine - but my windows installation isn't very stable - i need to re-install it - but it's enough to let me browse the web.
It's always a good idea to post your lilo.conf file - makes solving the problem a lot easier.
Make sure the line "root=/dev/whatever" in your default section is pointing to your root partition. From your information, it looks like it should say "root=/dev/hda6"
other=/dev/hda1
label=dos
the other variable should be assigned with the partition that contains the windows. and it shuld be active.
check it using fdisk /dev/hda.
Originally posted by midk Thanks for the reply. I guess what I'm asking is, how do I edit it?
The lilo.conf file can be edited with any text editor. Try "joe *filename*", "pico *filename*", or "vi *filename*. Make sure you run "/sbin/lilo" after you edit, or the changes won't take effect.
if you cant boot into mandrake.. get a bootable linux cd DSL knoppix etc...
Boot to cd, either of the above should automatically mount the drives somewhere in /mnt/hd browes to you file and edit it with the above comments... then run lilo,
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