Hello

During the installation of my Slackware 10 system, Lilo could not install succefuly.
I get into my system with a bootdisk.
Lilo puts out this error message:

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bash-2.05b# lilo
Added Slacki10 *
Fatal: First sector of /dev/hda1 doesn't have a valid boot signature
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Here is my lilo.conf:

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bash-2.05b# more lilo.conf
# LILO configuration file
# generated by 'liloconfig'
#
# Start LILO global section
lba32 # Allow booting past 1024th cylinder with a recent BIOS
boot = /dev/hda3
#compact # faster, but won't work on all systems.
prompt
timeout = 50
# Normal VGA console
vga = normal
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x64k
# vga=791
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x32k
# vga=790
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x256
# vga=773
# VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x64k
# vga=788
# VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x32k
# vga=787
# VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x256
# vga=771
# VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x64k
# vga=785
# VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x32k
# vga=784
# VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x256
# vga=769
# ramdisk = 0 # paranoia setting
# End LILO global section
# Linux bootable partition config begins

image = /boot/vmlinuz
root = /dev/hda3
label = Slacki10
read-only # Non-UMSDOS filesystems should be mounted read-only for checking
# Linux bootable partition config ends
# Windows bootable partition config begins
other = /dev/hda1
label = FreeDOS
table = /dev/hda
# Windows bootable partition config ends
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I`ve installed FreeDOS on /dev/hda1.
Can anybody help me ?

I would replace the "boot = /dev/hda3" to "boot = /dev/hda", so that
lilo is installed to MBR.

try ' /sbin/lilo -P ignore ' if it works

I tried both solutions, but none of them seems to work. I get the same lilo error output.
Any suggestions?

THX

Sonic Traveler

Can you try commenting out the lines for your freedos

then execute /sbin/lilo

then please paste the output here. if something still goes wrong

and ' /sbin/lilo -F ' ?

man lilo :
-F Override boot sector check for filesystems (e.g.,
swap, XFS, ...) which might be destroyed by the
installation of the LILO boot sector on the first
sector of the partition. These filesystems use the
first sector as a superblock.

Compare with "-P ignore", which bypasses certain
partition table checks.

@insyte

Hello

I commented out the whole FreeDOS stuff... it works now.
`lilo`

Added Slacki10

But now, I cannot boot FreeDOS anymore.
Should I reinstall FreeDOS, don`t know if that fix the bootsector.

Greetings Sonic

can you run cfdisk, just check if if your freedos partition is marked as bootable

Next uncomment the first two lines for freedos

then add

copy fdosboot.bin into your /boot directory

then /sbin/lilo

hope that works

If it still doesn't
try uncommenting

and see if it works