Hey guys. I am new to slackware. I have a few issues with my install and I am looking for advice. I will number them out. Please see if you can help me.

1)Lilo configuration: During install I select expert LILO setup because I need to point it to /dev/hdb (my hdd). My harddrive has 2 partitions, /dev/hdb1 for swap (512) and /dev/hdb2 for '/'. During expert setup I set LILO to /dev/hdb2, boot from MBR, booting using /boot/vmlinuz and defined the boot partition to be /dev/hdb2. For some reason when my installation is completed it tells me to reboot. Ok. I'm fine with that. When it reboots the screen is black and a bunch of 02 02 start to scroll across my computer screen. It just goes 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 02...etc. Very wierd. It does not boot into linux then. Did I do something wrong? During the install I chose a standard linux view (i forget what it is exactly called, but I chose Normal Mode instead of like VGA 1024x768x256). I really don't know what the issue is but it is frustrating me.

2) My second issue deals with Swaret and updating slackware with necessary packages. I downloaded the most recent stable version off of their sourceforge website. i extract the files and modify the .conf file like it states. When I try to run and install it using ./doisnt.h it tells me to properly config my .conf file and run the application...When I try to run the application it says No such file or directly. (I tried doing swaret --update). Am I doing something wrong here with the installation? Are there other slackware update tools or what is good to use?

I thought I had a few more issues but if I can remember them I'll make sure to post them . Thanks and hope you can help.

Do you get the LILO prompt when you boot your system or these 02s shower your screen even before you see the massage Grub Loading..... ? If you don't see the boot prompt reinstall LILO using the installtion CD. Otherwise, come back and shout this ain't so !

The 02 showers my screen before anything even happens and nothing ever happens. If I hit enter or anything it stops scrolling the 02 but nothing ever happens. I am bewildered :/

Presuming LILO didn't install properly. You'll have to use the installation CD to reinstall LILO.
(One question I could ask you is that, did you install linux to a secondary hard drive and installed LILO to the same secondary drive ? )
Boot using the installtion CD.
At the shell prompt type:
mount /dev/hdb2 /mnt
chroot /mnt

Edit your /etc/lilo/conf file to point at /dev/hdb2 and the correct vmlinuz and initrd images along with the path. Once you've done this run
/sbin/lilo

This should reinstall lilo to the MBR depending on your configuration. Logically thinking, this should fix your problem. If not, shout back and provide more details about your disk/partition layout and the lilo.conf file.

Another possible explanation is that the wrong kernel got installed (for example bare.i instead of sata.i) or a special filessytem is used for / and isn't compiled into the kernel.

What type of hardware are you using (motherboard, harddisk, filesystem etc.)?

My disk is setup as follows. One IDE drive. /dev/hdb1 is 512mb of swap, /dev/hdb2 is the rest for '/'. I will try what you mentioned above about reconfiguring LILO and get back to you. I used the default kernel for Slack 10.2 ..Something like 2.4.*. When configuring slackware I left it to the default in the settings and did NOT select another image. I would assume this means I used bare.i. I will report back tonight..Any other opinions are welcomed. Oh. i also found out that L 02 02 02...etc is a LILO boot error code.

Hi,

If I read your problem description correctly, you set the boot to

/dev/hdb2. Correct? If so did you make the partition active? If so write to the superblock to get a boot from /dev/hdb2.

If you want to boot the /dev/hdb then write to that MBR.

If you want you can still use the system. Just boot using cd1
then mount /dev/hdb1 to /mnt/hd. Then chroot to it. Edit your lilo.conf to the correct device.

If you want to write to the MBR of /dev/hdb;

#lilo -v -t -b /dev/hdb #test it first
#lilo -v -b /dev/hdb #write it if all ok


If you want to write it to /dev/hdb1;

#lilo -v -t -b /dev/hdb1 #test it first
#lilo -v -b /dev/hdb1 #write it if all ok

This assumes that you have set the /dev/hdb1 as active with;

#fdisk /dev/hdb

or

#cfdisk /dev/hdb

Use the help function in either to see how to set boot active.

Indeed the 02 output is lilo boot error;

http://learnlinux.tsf.org.za/courses...in/apas02.html

A table of lilo error under the troubleshooting section.

HTH!

Thank for you the information I will take a look when I get home. Both partitions should be active but I suppose I need to mount them first since they aren't be mounted or booted from. I can then edit the lilo.conf file. I have been using the system temporarily by booting from the CD.

What should my settings be in lilo.conf if my main partition "/" is /dev/hdb2. /dev/hdb1 is just my swap partition..Again I'll investigate this more tonight and report back. Thanks!

I figured out my problem and I am quite embarassed. The jump on the hdd was set to slave. I don't know how Windows Server 2003 worked fine but Slack didn't like it. I am not up and running with Slack 10.2 and fluxbox..thanks.