fixing lilo after a bad edit

CoffeeKing!!! · 11-20-2009, 01:09 PM

Hi

I've read that you can fix lilo after a bad edit by booting from install cd1 and entering:

Code:

boot: bare.i root=/dev/hda X noinitrd ro

at the boot prompt. Can someone confirm this or suggest a better way? I'm using slackware 13.

Alien Bob · 11-20-2009, 02:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CoffeeKing!!!

Hi

I've read that you can fix lilo after a bad edit by booting from install cd1 and entering:

Code:

boot: bare.i root=/dev/hda X noinitrd ro

at the boot prompt. Can someone confirm this or suggest a better way? I'm using slackware 13.

Slackware no longer has a "bare.i" kernel.

If the partition where you installed Slackware is called /dev/hdaX then this is the command you need to type in order to have the install cd1 boot you straight into your Slackware installation:

Code:

huge.s root=/dev/hdaX rdinit= ro

Note the space between "rdinit=" and "ro".

Then, you edit /etc/lilo.conf to fix the error you made there.
Finally, you run the command

Code:

lilo

to make your changes "stick".

Eric

tux_dude · 11-20-2009, 02:15 PM

Isn't there instruction given at bootup on how to specify the root disk? Why not pop the boot cd in and follow the instructions?

CoffeeKing!!! · 11-20-2009, 03:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Alien Bob

Slackware no longer has a "bare.i" kernel.

If the partition where you installed Slackware is called /dev/hdaX then this is the command you need to type in order to have the install cd1 boot you straight into your Slackware installation:

Code:

huge.s root=/dev/hdaX rdinit= ro

Note the space between "rdinit=" and "ro".

Then, you edit /etc/lilo.conf to fix the error you made there.
Finally, you run the command

Code:

lilo

to make your changes "stick".

Eric

Thanks Alien Bob and Tux Dude.

Tux Dude was right. The instructions that Bob gave me were also there when you boot up the CD. They are listed under a line that states, "In a pinch..." I guess after having attempted to install slack13 5 times yesterday, my brain got a nice glaze.

I'm off to backup and thrash lilo now. Thanks.