Lilo help
 

Hi guys

A few days ago i added the suse 10.2 kernel to lilo.conf. after i did that i tried to boot into slackware 11, during the boot process i got a message saying kernel panic. I then tried to launch suse 10.2 and i was unable to get X. What i tried to do was use knoppix to reconfigure the lilo.conf, the problem i am having is im not able to write to slackware lilo.conf from knoppix. how can i write to lilo.conf from knoppix, i found the problem i just need to know how to edit the file now.

Has knoppix mounted your slack partition as "read-only"?

If so, then either remount it as R/W, or just save a copy of the corrected lilo.conf on your knoppix desktop.

Then to install lilo:
/sbin/lilo -C /path/to/knoppix/Desktop/lilo.conf -b /dev/hda

The "-C" option specifies where to find the lilo.conf file if it is not in the default place (/etc/lilo.conf)
The "-b" option specifies where lilo will be installed ("/dev/hda" will put it on the MBR of your first disk)

You can get root privilege in Knoppix Live CD terminal by typing "su" as the password will be waived.

Therefore just a matter of mounting the relevant partition, do the editing and restore Lilo.

tredegar has already given you the lead. If you want an alternative view take a look at Task B3 in the last link in my signature.