On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 08:40:51AM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > Last night, I (foolishly) added a couple of items (hda=noprobe hdb=noprobe) > to the "append" line of lilo.conf without testing them first, and now the > boot process panics with: > > Cannot open root device "hda2" or unknown-block(0,0) > Kernel panic - not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0) > > So, is there any way, at the boot prompt, to tell Lilo not to append any > options? (No help from Google; my Google Fu must be weak this morning.)
Run lilo again after rebooting :) You can boot your system by rescue CDs. Grub CD is one good one. http://people.debian.org/~osamu/pub/getwiki/html/ch04.en.html#stagecthebootloader http://people.debian.org/~osamu/pub/getwiki/html/ch05.en.html#securingtherootpassword -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]