[SOLVED] the "L 02 02 02" error on when upgrading to Slack 13.37

jsmith6 · 06-22-2011, 05:09 PM

I just upgraded from 13.1 to 13.37 and I'm getting the L 02 02 02 error. This means that lilo can't find the partition it's told to boot. It's strange because:

- I haven't tweaked anything in the hardware
- I kept the same partitions, just formated
- I'm using ext3, as with 13.1
- I installed lilo on MBR (while on setup, and later with -M /dev/sda)
- I choose the huge smp kernel, as with 13.1
- I have only two partitions, root (sda1) and swap (sda2)
- the root partition is the active one (asterisk), on fdisk

So I tried:

- reseting the BIOS
- removing the UTF8 setting on lilo.conf
- using the lilo.conf that worked with 13.1

They all failed. I don't even know what to try! Any ideas?

PS: The hardware is a Pentium 4 1500Mhz with 512MB RAM on Asus P4B.

willysr · 06-22-2011, 05:27 PM

How do you upgrade your Slackware?
I upgraded my virtual machine from 13.1 to -Current and it works fine here

jsmith6 · 06-22-2011, 06:11 PM

I boot up from the DVD and run setup.

When prompted, I quick-format the ext3 partition and simply continue setup.

piratesmack · 06-22-2011, 06:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jsmith6

and later with -M /dev/sda)

I don't think the -M option actually installs LILO to the MBR, it just writes a generic MBR that tries to load boot code from an active partition (useful if you installed LILO or another boot loader to a partition boot sector)

You can boot your system using the Slackware install disc (it gives you instructions when you boot from it). Then check your lilo.conf and reinstall with just '/sbin/lilo'

jsmith6 · 06-23-2011, 03:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by piratesmack

You can boot your system using the Slackware install disc (it gives you instructions when you boot from it).

I've been booting by just pressing ENTER, mounting and chroot'ing my partition. Then I did lilo -v. I just tied your way. Didn't make any difference.

Quote:

Originally Posted by piratesmack

Then check your lilo.conf and reinstall with just '/sbin/lilo'

Well, I've already checked lilo.conf. And again tried with '/sbin/lilo', but no results. I'm all out of ideas. If you can think of a change to make in lilo.conf, I'm all ears!

jsmith6 · 06-23-2011, 10:58 AM

After everything else failed, I installed again Slack 13.1 (base system) and it booted without any problems.

So then I went and installed Slack 13.37 base system, aaaand... it booted with any problems. That's very strange. I did the same choices, kept the same options.

After that I did one more install of 13.37 to get my typical functional system.

A thanks to everyone who replied.

Problem is solved but I don't know what caused it! So, if anyone has an idea, please tell me.