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Old 04-17-2003, 04:45 PM   #1
zevious
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RH9 Upgrade from 7.3. LILO stops at LI - boots from boot disk ok


I just upgraded a RH7.3 system to RH9.0. It boots with the boot disk but hangs at LI if I let it try from the hard drive..

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Old 04-17-2003, 05:02 PM   #2
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Have you tried to load lilo again? Boot from the floppy, look into /etc/lilo.conf, make sure it has 'boot=/dev/hda' and run 'lilo' (as root). LILO will install itself into the MBR. Reboot to see if it works.
 
Old 04-17-2003, 05:17 PM   #3
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i'm having the same problem after upgrading from RedHat 8 to 9... look at my post down a couple.

Please e-mail me about anything you figure out. thanks.
 
Old 04-17-2003, 08:05 PM   #4
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Boot up in rescue mode and check your lilo.conf file for the ...

default=linux

and the ...

label=linux

line ... they must match for lilo to find the correct image to load.
I just did a post earlier today on this issue, going from 7.x to 8.0.

Brad
 
Old 04-17-2003, 08:07 PM   #5
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Oh, and don't forget to run lilo -v after you edit lilo.conf to
write out the new info

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