Lilo
I have installed slakware 8 on my laptop and after the install I received errors with LILO trying to install itself on the master boot record or the on the hda1. The system will not boot unless I boot it with the LILO boot disk.
How can I resolve this in order for the machine to boot itself. |
how about telling us what the errors were.....
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Hello
the error i am getting is: the error i am getting is LILO INSTALL ERROR # 1 Sorry but the attempt to install LILO has returned an error, so LILO has not been correctly installed. You will have to use a boot disk to start your machine insted. It should be possible to get LILO working by editing the /etc/lilo.conf file and reinstalling LILO mannually. After checking the LILO config file i typed LILO on the propmt and the error i get is Table may not be specified near line 40 in file /etc/lilo.conf |
Line 40 on the LILO conf is image = /vmlinuz (which i think is the kernal, do i have the incorrect kernal on the machine?
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Sorry or line 40 may also be table =/dev/hda
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post the whole content of your lilo.conf file and the partition setup of your computer
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# LILO configuration file
# generated by 'liloconfig' # # Start LILO global section lba32 # Allow booting past 1024th cylinder with a recent BIOS boot = /dev/hda message = /boot/boot_message.txt prompt timeout = 1200 # Override dangerous defaults that rewrite the partition table: change-rules reset # Normal VGA console vga = normal # 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 # DOS bootable partition config begins other = /dev/hda5 label = DOS table = /dev/hda # DOS bootable partition config ends # Linux bootable partition config begins image = /vmlinuz root = /dev/hda1 label = Linux read-only # Linux bootable partition config ends |
Partition set up is
1st partition name = hda1, flags = Boot, Part Type = Primary, FS Type = Linux ext2, Label = , size (MB) = 3487. 2nd partition name = hda5, flags = , Part Type = Logical, FS Type = win95 FAT32, Label = , size (MB) = 732.05. 3rd partition name = hda6, flags = , Part Type = Logical, FS Type = Linux swap, Label = , size (MB) = 106.93 |
# Linux bootable partition config begins
image = /vmlinuz root = /dev/hda1 label = Linux read-only i think the second line here should be image = /boot/vmlinuz other that that everything looks fine. change the line and run 'lilo' and see |
Thanks for the help it is sorted now. I wiped the partitions and installed slakware 9 with only two partitions lunix and swap, after this LILO installed without any fuss.
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