[SOLVED] LILO Keytable read/checksum error

ViniciusBorges · 09-26-2014, 01:25 PM

Hi folks,

I have installed Slackware64 14.1 in my HP ENVY notebook, which came with a Windows 7 Professional Edition. In the beginning, I had to shrink the Windows partition. so the hard disk could store the Linux partitions. However, after the installation, I reboot the notebook and I am having problems to boot the system, since I am gettin the error message after BIOS screen:

Code:

LILO - Keytable read/checksum error

I remember that during the installation, the Slackware installer had identified a EFI System and managed to install ELILO instead of LILO. I have never seen it before, but I tried to install and now I am getting that error message.

I also remember that I partitioned the hard disk using cgdisk (in the first time, I was allowed to use the cfdisk, but now, slackware installation just allows me to use cgdisk) as shown here:

Code:

1000 Kb - free disk space
/dev/sda1 - 50 MB - Windows boot information
/dev/sda2 - 498 GB - Windows OS
/dev/sda3 - 100MB - EFI system
256 Kb - free disk space
/dev/sda4 - 8 GB - Linux Swap
/dev/sda5 - 480 GB - Linux OS (83)

What can I do now? I am a noob...

THanks,

ViniciusBorges · 09-26-2014, 03:05 PM

What I did, was to put a USB Slackware to boot, reach the root menu and type:

Code:

# mount -t ext4 /dev/sdaX /mnt
# mount --bind /dev /mnt/dev
# mount --bind /proc /mnt/proc
# mount --bind /sys /mnt/sys
# chroot /mnt
# cd /etc
# nano lilo.conf

I got a regular lilo example from internet and wrote it
in the mismatching fields. Then:

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# lilo
# exit
# umount /mnt/sys
# umount /mnt/proc
# umount /mnt/dev
# umount /mnt
# reboot