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Old 03-01-2014, 11:40 AM   #16
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OK, I just did the same thing using VMPlayer version 6 on a Windows 7 box. That was even easier, since running liloconfig during setup doesn't fail.

So, I did the complete install and used the "simple" selection when asked if I wanted to install lilo during setup. I took all the defaults when asked anything about lilo.

After I exited setup, I ran the commands...
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mount -R /proc /mnt/proc
mount -R /sys /mnt/sys
mount -R /dev /mnt/dev
chroot /mnt
$(/usr/share/mkinitrd/mkinitrd_command_generator.sh -r)
/usr/share/mkinitrd/mkinitrd_command_generator.sh -l /boot/vmlinuz-generic-3.10.17 >>/etc/lilo.conf
lilo -v
exit
...followed by ctrl-alt-delete sent to the vm. On reboot, I selected the 3.10.17 lilo label and the system booted without a hitch.
 
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Old 03-02-2014, 03:55 AM   #17
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OK, I just did the same thing using VMPlayer version 6 on a Windows 7 box. That was even easier, since running liloconfig during setup doesn't fail...
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followed by ctrl-alt-delete sent to the vm. On reboot, I selected the 3.10.17 lilo label and the system booted without a hitch.
Richrad, much thanks for trying to help me. I'm away from my main machine till tomorrow, but on Monday I'll go ahead and try following your excellent suggestion.

Regards.
 
Old 03-02-2014, 05:50 AM   #18
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Just to be clear: I *did* tell liloconfig to install into the MBR. I don't remember if that's the default (I don't think that it is). Other than that, I took the defaults for the simple installation option of liloconfig.
 
Old 03-03-2014, 11:05 AM   #19
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Update:- Richard, thanks a lot. I followed your suggestion and it worked.

Now, this got me thinking, why these working steps are not in the official documentation, which obviously didn't work for me:-

ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackwar...README_LVM.TXT

Regards.
 
Old 03-03-2014, 10:30 PM   #20
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