Slackware 12...internet not working, Lilo will no install

oneof7 · 11-14-2007, 08:49 PM

Great news..both problems solved.

Thanks to all especially Vincent_Vega.

Vincent, did as you suggested and I'm away and surfing..so easy when you know how. (How would I automate this ??)

ifconfig eth0 up
dhcpcd eth0

For Lilo changed /dev/hdb1 to /dev/hda and also added lba32 and I'm in.

Now to explore Slackware and see what Grub can do for me.

Thanks again

Wim Sturkenboom · 11-14-2007, 09:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Vincent_Vega

I would really recommend taking a little time to learn about GRUB and especially the 'chainloader' option. It's a great bootloader and down the road you'll almost definitely want to use it.

Advantage of Lilo is that it fits completely in the MBR. So a if menu.lst goes missing or gets corrupted for some reason, you can still boot. If, in the case of Grub, one of its files goes missing or gets corrupted, you immediately have problem.

Vincent_Vega · 11-15-2007, 08:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by oneof7

Great news..both problems solved.

Thanks to all especially Vincent_Vega.

Vincent, did as you suggested and I'm away and surfing..so easy when you know how. (How would I automate this ??)

ifconfig eth0 up
dhcpcd eth0

For Lilo changed /dev/hdb1 to /dev/hda and also added lba32 and I'm in.

Now to explore Slackware and see what Grub can do for me.

Thanks again

In the file /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf you can set up each interface as you need. You will find a small section for 'eth0' and all you should need to do is change:

Code:

DHCP[0]=""

to:

Code:

DHCP[0]="yes"

Let us know. Glad I could help you with these problems!