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Old 12-16-2010, 09:37 AM   #1
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Help needed. Slackware fail to boot after moving the partition


I have a system which previously have 3 OS installed on one physical HDD; WinXP on sda1, Win7 on sda2 and Slackware linux on sda3. Lilo is used as the boot loader.

Recently I bought another HDD and decided to reinstalled my Win7 on it and I use GParted to move Slackware to the original Win7 slot on my first HDD so now my Slackware partition has been move from sda3 to sda2.

I modified the /etc/lilo.conf file so that it reflects the new Slackware partition and run lilo to installed it.

The lilo installed correctly I can boot into WinXP and Win7 without problem but when I try to boot into Slackware, it fail at the root filesystem check, apparently the e2fsck still try to check sda3.

Is there anything that I can do to correct the problem without having to reinstall Linux?
 
Old 12-16-2010, 09:41 AM   #2
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Perhaps, you can access /etc/fstab using a live CD or a rescue disk and correct the entry there.
 
Old 12-16-2010, 12:10 PM   #3
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Thanks for your answer, it really solve the problem.
 
Old 12-16-2010, 01:36 PM   #4
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I just finish to write a little guide about lilo, is not a complete reference but I think it can help a bit someone with little or less Linux experience, I didn't find any document to solve my problem so I had to play a bit with the OS in order to solve my boot problem under Slackware 13.1 .

I hope this can help others with similar boot issues.

http://www.nixheiser.org/lilo

Last edited by jag1506; 12-16-2010 at 01:37 PM. Reason: I forget about Slackware release.
 
Old 12-16-2010, 03:52 PM   #5
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Hi,

'New tutorials for installing and configuring Slack ' is a thread for a great tutorial: http://genek.net/LinuxAdventures/ins...allation1.html by 2handband. I recommend that all should look at this new tutorial for Slackware. Great for everyone! He is still looking for input from newbie's and experienced Slackware users.

His home page.

 
  


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