if lilo bmp image missing ?

abs · 08-13-2004, 05:41 AM

hi
when using the bmp image for lilo, what happens if the file is missing? will lilo show the box/table with the options atleast? without a bootdisk, what are my options?

ty
abs

insyte · 08-13-2004, 10:09 AM

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hi
when using the bmp image for lilo, what happens if the file is missing? will lilo show the box/table with the options atleast?

Im guessing LILO will probably not boot

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without a bootdisk, what are my options?

Use slack disc 2 to boot into your system then just reinstall lilo properly. If you can't use anything to boot into your system, short of taking out your drive and installing it into another pc which can boot, I suggest a reformat and use GRUB instead.

abs · 08-13-2004, 08:33 PM

and just for clarity, if the hdisk with the bmp crashes, lilo wouldn't work?

and in grub, when using images, wouldn't i have the same issues mentioned in my earlier post?

whishkah · 08-14-2004, 02:24 AM

What do you mean, bmp missing? If you have a bmp in /boot then you need to add this to lilo.conf:

bitmap = /boot/lilo.bmp
bmp-colors = stuff
bmp-table = stuff
bmp-timer = stuff

and you need to comment out "message = /boot/boot_message.txt"

If for some reason the bmp won't work and you want the table back up you need to remove the comment on "message - /boot/boot_message.txt" and comment out the bitmap stuff.

Is that what you need to know? Hope, at least, it could help...

abs · 08-14-2004, 06:10 AM

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Originally posted by whishkah
What do you mean, bmp missing?

i mean, if the file /boot/logo.bmp is missing and the right entries are made in lilo.conf.

whishkah · 08-14-2004, 06:19 AM

Then what's the problem. You could either just make a new bitmap or redo lilo.conf so you don't need it.

abs · 08-15-2004, 06:44 PM

i know i can fix the problem after it's occurred. the question is, will i be able to boot normally at that time? imagine that the hdisk has crashed or i've yanked it out. on dual boot, i may want to resolve the situation using the other OS installed.

insyte · 08-16-2004, 10:46 AM

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Originally posted by abs
i know i can fix the problem after it's occurred. the question is, will i be able to boot normally at that time? imagine that the hdisk has crashed or i've yanked it out. on dual boot, i may want to resolve the situation using the other OS installed.

Well I don't think you'll be able to boot normally in those situations. Have a rescuecd or bootdisk ready.

abs · 08-17-2004, 03:40 PM

yeah. let's see. was one of the reasons i didn't want to use a logo. if the logo is in anoter fs but it's the same type and root then it should still work right?