Lilo L01 01 01....
I think my lilo.conf file is correct but i am still getting the error msg and will not boot so i was wondering if you guys could check my conf and see if i am doing something wrong...i prob am too since i am being a newb and all :)
# Start LILO global section lba32 boot = /dev/hdb message = /boot/boot_message.txt prompt timeout = 1200 # Override dangerous defaults that rewrite the partition table: change-rules reset # VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x256 vga = 773 # DOS bootable partition config begins other = /dev/hdb1 label = xp table = /dev/hdb # DOS bootable partition config ends # Linux bootable partition config begins image = /boot/vmlinuz root = /dev/hdb3 label = slack read-only And here is my partition table Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hdb1 * 1 1275 10241406 c Win95 FAT32 (LBA) /dev/hdb2 1944 7297 43006005 f Win95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/hdb3 * 1276 1849 4610655 83 Linux /dev/hdb4 1850 1943 755055 82 Linux swap /dev/hdb5 1944 7297 43005973+ b Win95 FAT32 Thanks :D |
which device in your bios is set to boot? hdb is usually a second hd, if this is the case, make sure your bios is booting the second hd and not the first.
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Do you have another hard disk? hdb is usually second.
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hmmmm hdb is the only HD i got....i will try HDA and see what happens..
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okay well it won't even let me change to hda..giving me
Fatal: open /dev/hda: Read-only file system and the bios is booting from the second hd since i was just booting xp just fine few hours ago, and mandy was booting fine too... what to do..what to do.... :confused: |
i am going to try nuking mbr with fdisk and reinstall lilo and see what happens :D
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Make sure BIOS was booting from HDD1, not HDD2 since the first harddisk is HDD0.
Edit: Never mind. I missed the part about XP/Mandy. |
Okay..that didn't work...and note: if more than one partition table is set to be active, doing fdisk /mbr will not fix ur MBR!! took me some time to figure out why i couldn't boot to xp :p heheh anyways, lilo is still fubared and i am using floopy to access linux for now but i want to be able to dual boot!! :(
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nevermind i just installed GRUB instead :D works like a charm :D
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