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stf92

01-11-2013 07:25 AM

14.0: Changing the kernel made lilo print garbage on the screen. Otherwise, all's wel

Hi: I replaced huge-3.2.29 by generic-3.2.29. Everything is fine save that, in the red box menu printed by the lilo boot loader, there appears a capital U on one side of it. What can that be? Something must be wrong there.

wigry

01-11-2013 07:49 AM

Would you please post your lile.conf file. Maybe there is something wrong?

stf92

01-11-2013 08:16 AM

Yes.

Code:

semoi@darkstar:/etc$ cat lilo.conf

lba32

boot = /dev/disk/by-id/ata-ST500DM002-1BD142_W2AKBY71

# append="video=640x480@60"

append="nomodeset"  # Equivalente a MODE CON COLS=80 LINES=25

timeout = 1200

prompt

vga=normal          # Parece mandatory agregar esta linea si nomodeset



image=/boot/vmlinuz

initrd=/boot/initrd.gz

root=/dev/sda2

label=lin14

read-only



other=/dev/sda1

label=xp

boot-as=0x80

Before the kernel change is was exactly the same save for the initrd line, and there was no garbage on the screen.

stf92

01-12-2013 12:08 AM

I think the letter U has been printed by lilo as an indicator, but I do not know what it means. The red box menu has two entries, 'slack14' and 'xp'. The 'U' is beside 'slack14'. Does anybody know it's meaning?

fogpipe

01-12-2013 12:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stf92 (Post 4868200)

Here is an excerpt from my lilo.conf:

Code:

boot = /dev/sda

default = 1337 

prompt 

compact 

timeout = 50

Note that in my lilo.conf a default image is listed. Try doing that with yours and see what happens.

EDIT: and just to be clear the line according to your posted lilo.conf contents

Code:

default = lin14

and dont forget to back up your current lilo.conf file before you run lilo again.

stf92

01-12-2013 01:01 AM

fogpipe, the default OS is indicated by the lilo menu just by listing it first, in the red box or doing tabs. I think lilo writes a capital u next to 'slack14' because I use an initrd for slack 14.0.

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