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cannot run liloconfig

I just finished installing Slackware 12. For some reason the installer didn't run liloconfig. After booting I tried to run liloconfig and it won't run just returns to the prompt.

I can boot using the install cdrom and entering:
hugesmp.s root=/dev/hda2 rdinit= ro

I tried installing lilo manually by creating a /etc/lilo.conf and running /sbin/lilo -M /dev/hda. I also set the /dev/hda2 partition active.

Now when I boot I get: "no boot signatures in partition"

fdisk -l: I installed slackware to /dev/hda2 and my hda3 is /home

Code:

 Device Boot      Start        End      Blocks  Id  System

/dev/hda1              1        125    1004031  82  Linux swap

/dev/hda2  *        126        2558    19543072+  83  Linux

/dev/hda3            2559        3648    8755425  83  Linux

here is a copy of my /etc/lilo.conf:

Code:

boot = /dev/hda

#

map = /boot/.map

#

install = menu                



menu-scheme=wm:rw:wm:Wm

menu-title=" Slackware 12  "

#

prompt

timeout=150

# 

delay=30

#

read-only



image=/boot/vmlinuz

        label=Slackware 12

        append="reboot=warm"

        root=/dev/hda2

Should "boot = /dev/hda" be "boot = /dev/hda2"?

Here is my lilo config file

Code:

boot="/dev/hda"

lba32

prompt

timeout="100"

vga="773"

root=/dev/hda4

default=2.6.21





image="/boot/vmlinuz-huge-smp-2.6.21.5-smp"

        label="Linux"

        root="/dev/hda4"

        read-only

        vga="773"

Thanks for posting your lilo.conf. I copied yours exactly except I changed it from /dev/hda4 to /dev/hda2. Still no luck I still get the:

"no boot signatures in partition"

my current lilo.conf:

Code:



boot="/dev/hda"

lba32

prompt

timeout="100"

vga="773"

root=/dev/hda2

default=Linux



image="/boot/vmlinuz-huge-smp-2.6.21.5-smp"

        label="Linux"

        root="/dev/hda2"

        read-only

        vga="773"

Where did you install lilo?

/sbin/lilo -M /dev/hda

Quote:

Originally Posted by dohpaz

/sbin/lilo -M /dev/hda

Sorry, I missed that before.

liloconfig is just a shell script. It should have been installed with lilo. Check if it is not empty and that you have ncurses installed.

Code:

# which liloconfig

  liloconfig: /sbin/liloconfig

# cat /sbin/liloconfig|most

Code:

# ls /var/log/packages/ | grep ncurses

Thanks for the help Alien_Hominid,

The script does exist and I did go through the liloconfig script to try and see where its failing at...I'm kinda noobish at reading scripts though so I didn't understand to much...

I reran lilo again without the -M switch..."/sbin/lilo"
and that fixed it. Lilo loads and system boots.

I still wanna know why liloconfig wouldn't run though!

btw

Code:

ls /var/log/packages/ | grep ncurses

ncurses-5.6-i486-2

I was able to figure out that the liloconfig script is exiting at this point :

Code:

if [ -r $T_PX/vmlinuz ]; then

  KERNEL=/vmlinuz 

elif [ -r $T_PX/boot/vmlinuz ]; then

  KERNEL=/boot/vmlinuz

elif [ -r $T_PX/usr/src/linux/arch/$ARCHTYPE/boot/bzImage ]; then

  KERNEL=/usr/src/linux/arch/$ARCHTYPE/boot/bzImage

elif [ -r $T_PX/usr/src/linux/arch/$ARCHTYPE/boot/zImage ]; then

  KERNEL=/usr/src/linux/arch/$ARCHTYPE/boot/zImage

else

        exit 99 # no kernel?  guess you couldn't read.  bye bye.

fi

exit 99...what was I supposed to read?

Do you have vmlinuz symlink to your kernel in /boot?

Thanks Alien_Hominid that was the clue I needed!

I checked and /boot/vmlinuz was pointing to a speakup.s kernel which wasn't even in boot! I think I installed using the speakup.s kernel. Why didn't it get copied too?

Anyways I deleted the link and recreated it too point to vmlinuz-huge-2.6.21.5

Now liloconfig works! Yay you did it Alien_Hominid! You're the best!:D