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Old 08-09-2004, 04:06 PM   #1
Sinope
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lilo linux options don't load --error 0x07


I have 2 linux kernels, a current and an old, plus a Windows boot. I have options for all 3 under LILO. However, the linuces won't boot. Even when I copied the bootdisk kernel to hd and made that a fourth option, it wouldn't boot. The only way I can boot is from floppy or into WinXP (or into Knoppix).

EDIT: let me clarify.....
LILO menu comes up fine, with all 4 options. The 3 linuces give error 0x07 and return instantly to LILO menu. WinXP boots fine. It boots fine from a bootdisk, which is strange because one of the linuces is the exact same kernel as on the bootdisk!

LILO was working fine previously, all this trouble started when I rebuilt kernel and /vmlinuz became /vmlinuz.old.
/EDIT

I can only guess that something is wrong with my lilo.conf, so here it is:

Code:
# /etc/lilo.conf - See: `lilo(8)' and `lilo.conf(5)',
# ---------------       `install-mbr(8)', `/usr/share/doc/lilo/',
#                       and `/usr/share/doc/mbr/'.

# +---------------------------------------------------------------+
# |                        !! Reminder !!                         |
# |                                                               |
# | Don't forget to run `lilo' after you make changes to this     |
# | conffile, `/boot/bootmess.txt', or install a new kernel.  The |
# | computer will most likely fail to boot if a kernel-image      |
# | post-install script or you don't remember to run `lilo'.      |
# |                                                               |
# +---------------------------------------------------------------+

# Support LBA for large hard disks.
#
lba32

# Overrides the default mapping between harddisk names and the BIOS'
# harddisk order. Use with caution.
#disk=/dev/hde
#    bios=0x81

#disk=/dev/sda
#    bios=0x80

# Specifies the boot device.  This is where Lilo installs its boot
# block.  It can be either a partition, or the raw device, in which
# case it installs in the MBR, and will overwrite the current MBR.
#
boot=/dev/hda

# Specifies the device that should be mounted as root. (`/')
#
root=/dev/hdb1

# Enable map compaction:
# Tries to merge read requests for adjacent sectors into a single
# read request. This drastically reduces load time and keeps the
# map smaller.  Using `compact' is especially recommended when
# booting from a floppy disk.  It is disabled here by default
# because it doesn't always work.
#
# compact

# Installs the specified file as the new boot sector
# You have the choice between: bmp, compat, menu and text
# Look in /boot/ and in lilo.conf(5) manpage for details
#
install=/boot/boot-menu.b

# Specifies the location of the map file
#
map=/boot/map

# You can set a password here, and uncomment the `restricted' lines
# in the image definitions below to make it so that a password must
# be typed to boot anything but a default configuration.  If a
# command line is given, other than one specified by an `append'
# statement in `lilo.conf', the password will be required, but a
# standard default boot will not require one.
#
# This will, for instance, prevent anyone with access to the
# console from booting with something like `Linux init=/bin/sh',
# and thus becoming `root' without proper authorization.
#
# Note that if you really need this type of security, you will
# likely also want to use `install-mbr' to reconfigure the MBR
# program, as well as set up your BIOS to disallow booting from
# removable disk or CD-ROM, then put a password on getting into the
# BIOS configuration as well.  Please RTFM `install-mbr(8)'.
#
# password=tatercounter2000

# Specifies the number of deciseconds (0.1 seconds) LILO should
# wait before booting the first image.
#
# delay=200

# You can put a customized boot message up if you like.  If you use
# `prompt', and this computer may need to reboot unattended, you
# must specify a `timeout', or it will sit there forever waiting
# for a keypress.  `single-key' goes with the `alias' lines in the
# `image' configurations below.  eg: You can press `1' to boot
# `Linux', `2' to boot `LinuxOLD', if you uncomment the `alias'.
#
message=/boot/bootmess.txt
	prompt
#	single-key
#	delay=100
	timeout=100

# Specifies the VGA text mode at boot time. (normal, extended, ask, <mode>)
#
# vga=ask
# vga=9
#
# vga=normal
vga=773

# Kernel command line options that apply to all installed images go
# here.  See: The `boot-prompt-HOWO' and `kernel-parameters.txt' in
# the Linux kernel `Documentation' directory.
#
# append=""

# Boot up Linux by default.
#
default=Linux--NewKern

image=/vmlinuz
	label=Linux--NewKern
	read-only
#	restricted
#	alias=1

image=/vmlinuz.old
	label=Linux--PrevKern
	read-only
	optional
#	restricted
#	alias=2

image=/linux.bin
	label=Linux--Bootdisk
	read-only
	optional

# If you have another OS on this machine to boot, you can uncomment the
# following lines, changing the device name on the `other' line to
# where your other OS' partition is.
#
other=/dev/hda3
	label=Windows-XP
#	restricted
#	alias=3

Last edited by Sinope; 08-09-2004 at 04:23 PM.
 
Old 08-09-2004, 04:13 PM   #2
comprookie2000
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You have no;
root=
initrd=
I don't use lilo so I don't know for sure if you need initrd but have to have root=,that much I do know.also need to run /sbin/lilo after a change.

Last edited by comprookie2000; 08-09-2004 at 04:14 PM.
 
Old 08-09-2004, 04:19 PM   #3
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Look around line 30-ish:

Code:
# Specifies the device that should be mounted as root. (`/')
#
root=/dev/hdb1
 
Old 08-09-2004, 04:54 PM   #4
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hdb1 is that the /boot partition of the slave or the /root check it out in /etc/fstab
 
Old 08-09-2004, 05:03 PM   #5
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ah, let me explain the hd partitions:

hda1 /boot 64m
hda2 swap 512m
hda3 windows 8g

hdb1 / 60g


hda is the master, obviously. You'll notice that i'm booting from the MBR on hda, so the separate /boot partition is sort of pointless, but i didn't know i was doing that until after hda1 was mounted as /boot. no real reason to change it, i figured. ....is there?
 
Old 08-09-2004, 05:20 PM   #6
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Most have hda1 as windows then linux next,over my head may have something to do with /boot on ond hd and / on another?
 
Old 08-09-2004, 06:07 PM   #7
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I doubt it, since I had the same setup under Slackware and that booted fine....
 
Old 08-09-2004, 07:49 PM   #8
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default=Linux--NewKern

image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=Linux--NewKern
read-only
root=/dev/hdb1
You could try this.

Last edited by comprookie2000; 08-09-2004 at 07:52 PM.
 
  


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