Question:

Using the 2nd Slackware CD: logged in as root@rescuedisc, how do I change lilo.conf file or make any changes at all?

Summary:

This may seem like an odd question, since I was able to use the rescue floppy-disk and make my changes that way.

However, I had tried the 2nd Slackware CD Rescuedisk first and I had believe that this was the prefered method.

I must be wrong...

I couldn't even see the lilo.conf file when I used the 2nd Slackware CD Rescuedisk.

Do I need specific boot parameters? The parameters suggested at the boot prompt didn't get me too far.

Thank you for reading this post.

you need to mount the / partition first. check your /etc/fstab for the correct partition number, then open a terminal and do this:

su

mkdir /mnt/rescue
mnt /dev/hda3 /mnt/rescue

that should mount the data in /mnt/rescue/ and you can open /mnt/rescue/etc/lilo.conf and edit it. make sure you read the manpage for mnt first.

man mnt

Just want to add one minor point and one major point to what mcd said.

Minor point:
In the command 'mnt /dev/hda3 /mnt/rescue', you'll have to change the '/dev/hda3' to whichever partition you find in fstab which corresponds to /

Major point:
Whatever changes you make to lilo.conf won't take effect until you run lilo. Use the command 'chroot /mnt/rescue /sbin/lilo'

Enjoy!
--- Cerbere

Thank you.

Worked as described above...