Re: Lilo trouble

Arne,

This might be totally off but here's something to check- look at the
lilo.conf file (/etc/lilo.conf). I screwed mine up one time and got LI
instead of LILO. It should probably look something like:

boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=50
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.0.36-0.7
lable=linux
root=/dev/hda1
read-only

This is for a system that's not dual booting and doesn't have Rtlinux
installed.

Hope it helps somewhat.

Dan Falck


At 06:24 PM 10/25/1999 , you wrote:

>From: "Arne Chr.Jorgensen" <instel@...>
>
>Thanks,
>
>Darrell is right about the FDISK /MBR option, and I have more or less
>done what Steve suggested.
>Some of the trouble may have something to do with Win98, as it stores
>some info from the previous install. ( you can uninstall it - I just
>don't know what it does in detail )
>
>But, it is not quite the answers to my question. I hate to erase all
>programs and reinstall the system, just because there is a minor flaw in
>the master boot table entry. I have the correct data on the boot floppy,
>so it should be possible to rewrite the table in a simple way. Maybe I
>just have to dissect the RH installation program ?
>
>I have written new MBR with DEBUG in dos, before - but I remember it
>was difficult. But Linux should have all the data someplace, - it does
>write this data during an installation.
>
>Well, I will have another look at it.
>
>//ARNE