Loading Linux........................................................................
 

Why does Loading Linux............................................................................................... .................................................................................

Take so long? How to fix this?

add a line like this to your /etc/lilo.conf

then run lilo and reboot

add "compact" in lilo.conf and reinstall mbr with "lilo" command.

thanks guys will do. sounds quite simple.

bash-4.1# vim /etc/lilo.conf
bash-4.1# lilo
Warning: LBA32 addressing assumed
Added Linux *
Syntax error at or above line 68 in file '/etc/lilo.conf'

##Line 68 being where I added the "compact"

add it here...

# LILO configuration file
# generated by 'liloconfig'
#
# Start LILO global section
# Append any additional kernel parameters:
compact
append=" vt.default_utf8=1"
boot = /dev/sdxx

don't you have this in the beginning of lilo.conf already:
just uncomment it and run

Thanks here is the output: of lilo -v

LILO version 22.8, Copyright (C) 1992-1998 Werner Almesberger
Development beyond version 21 Copyright (C) 1999-2006 John Coffman
Released 19-Feb-2007 and compiled at 01:53:08 on Mar 27 2011

Warning: LBA32 addressing assumed
Reading boot sector from /dev/sda
Using BITMAP secondary loader
Calling map_insert_data
Mapping bitmap file /boot/slack.bmp
Calling map_insert_file

Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-huge-2.6.37.6
Added Linux *

Writing boot sector.
/boot/boot.0800 exists - no boot sector backup copy made.
One warning was issued.

Nothing wrong in this output, so it should have worked.

PS The warning about LBA32 is not worrying. To get rid of it just insert a line with:
before the "compact" line.

LILO version 22.8, Copyright (C) 1992-1998 Werner Almesberger
Development beyond version 21 Copyright (C) 1999-2006 John Coffman
Released 19-Feb-2007 and compiled at 01:53:08 on Mar 27 2011

Reading boot sector from /dev/sda
Using BITMAP secondary loader
Calling map_insert_data
Mapping bitmap file /boot/slack.bmp
Calling map_insert_file

Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz -> vmlinuz-huge-2.6.37.6
Added Linux *

Writing boot sector.
/boot/boot.0800 exists - no boot sector backup copy made.

OK done and Thanks!

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