On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 01:12:14PM -0400, Patrick Ouellette wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >hi > > > > > >i've been running sid and after an apt-get -f upgrade yesterday morning, i > >found that my lilo hangs. the letters "LIL.." come up and it simply > >freezes. i read through several man-pages and lists and figured that the > >lilo may be pointing to incorrect map or something simply wrong with the > >MBR. > > > >several people have mentioned creating a boot-floppy using mkboot. can i > >create a boot-floppy on another sid machine using this utility (by > >specifying the correct boot partition?) if i point to a boot partition > >like /dev/hda5, how will it work since that device may not be created at > >boot (on mine its something like /dev/ide/bus0/target0/.../part5). i also > >bumped into this location, is that all thats needed? > > > >ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/sid/main/installer-i386/current/images/floppy/access/ > > > > Make a GRUB boot floppy. You don't have to install GRUB on your system > as your boot loader, and the GRUB > floppy will allow you to boot to any kernel on your system (as long as > GRUB understands the filesystem). > > Pat > >
you were right patrick. all i had to do was boot from the grub-floppy, set root to the partition which contained my vmlinuz, set kernel=/vmlinuz, and fire boot. back in business. thanks. -- praveen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]