LILO problems on Slackware 10.2

Patz2009 · 02-03-2006, 03:30 PM

My Slackware 10.2 CD always brings up an error #1 when installing LILO.

I have been looking for this for a while, but now it is more important than ever. Is there a _good_ bootloader that can be installed from a floppy disk? I'd love to know. I've looked all over and haven't found anything.

Penguin of Wonder · 02-03-2006, 03:38 PM

You could try GRUB.

Johnnywlq · 02-03-2006, 04:05 PM

Slackware couldn't load lilo during installation on my desktop (hard -drive may have been a little screwy). I booted from floppy till I could figure out how to get lilo going. If I'm not mistaken, it was just a matter of checking out the /etc/lilo config file (think it was already correct) and running /sbin/lilo.

Patz2009 · 02-03-2006, 05:50 PM

I don't know how to load GRUB onto my computer yet...

Well, I'll try to load LILO from floppy to begin with.
Is there any boot loader that can INSTALL from floppy???

Johnnywlq · 02-04-2006, 08:46 AM

Isn't there a point during installation where it asks you if you want to boot from floppy (or make an emergency boot floppy)?

Penguin of Wonder · 02-04-2006, 12:50 PM

There is, but thats at the end. Both Lilo and Grub can be fixed from a floppy. Just goto Google for "howto lilo floppy." If you look through LQWiki, odds are we have a page devoted to it as well. I know we have a section of our wiki for Grub.