Forgot to run /sbin/lilo
 

Lastnight, after deciding to drop DLG because it didn't like it to my box and how it slowed me, I re-installed Slack 10 and went with KDE as my desktop. I went to KDE changed things around to my liking. Downloaded some packages, namely NVIDIA and OO.o. I installed the 2.6.7 kernel per pat's instructions. I reconfigured /etc/lilo.conf to have tht 2.6.7 kernel be the main option. But before re-booting i forgot to run "/sbin/lilo". So once i restarted it gets to the lilo screen and then Loading vmlinuz.......then nothing. Clearly this has to with the disconnect between the lilo configuration and the config file. So I booted up System Rescue CD (and no, I did not make a boot disk) and was able to mount my root partition but I could not execute the /sbin/lilo command. Ok, Is there a way to get into that partition and run the command to fix this mess. Thanks in advance.

after you boot a linux-CD (e.g. KNOPPIX or GENTOO) you should change your root-environment with the chroot-command (sorry, don't know the exact syntax) and you must not forget to change your /bin/bash from the one of the boot-disk to yout orignal one

garfield81

Hey justin_p if updating lilo is all you need to do. You first have to mount the partition to an existing directory, or make one.


then:

then run lilo like normal and reboot

hope this helps.
:)

you guys rock.