On Thu, 22 Aug 2019 21:07:42 +0700, Андрей wrote in message <20190822170724.7mkco...@smtp4j.mail.yandex.net>:
> Приветствую. > > > Please help to install LiLo to a GPT HDD. > > Situation: I move installed OS from one drive (DOS partition scheme) > to another (3 TB, GPT partition scheme). The motherboard is old: BIOS, > Athlon 3000+. I have created single 2.7 TiB partition on which did > place the installed OS. Did mount to it /proc, /dev, /sys. > Changed /etc/lilo.conf with boot and root parameters according > to the new drieve IDs. ChRooted to it, typed lilo. LiLo gave only one > warning, that the drive is not the first one. > > Result: BIOS tells me that the drive capasity is 801 GB instead of > 3000. Well, for working as non bootable drive it worked alright. > But booting from the new drive gives me L 99 99 99 ... error. -- The > geometry problem, as i get it. And it halts booting. > > Now. From Slackware site i read, ..this?: https://docs.slackware.com/howtos:slackware_admin:installing_with_gpt_without_uefi > that it is possible to install LiLo > on a GPT-HDD, but is not specified how, and as i remember, even, > without an additional "technical" partition. > > So, how do i install LiLo so that it boots OS from the GPT-drive? ..https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Slackware+install+LiLo+on+a+GPT-HDD&ia=web came up with the above link and these: https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/slackware-uefi-lilo-4175656413/ https://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/slackware-uefi-lilo-4175656413/page2.html https://linuxhint.com/install-slackware-linux/ ..credible advice: Whenever a Slackware wizard recommends making a boot usb etc medium, act on that recommendation. https://docs.slackware.com/slackware:install ..this pxe setup recipe wizard is neat: https://docs.slackware.com/slackware:pxe_install ..3 Slackware install play lists that should get you started: https://www.youtube.com/user/mikemurphycs/playlists -- ..med vennlig hilsen = with Kind Regards from Arnt Karlsen ...with a number of polar bear hunters in his ancestry... Scenarios always come in sets of three: best case, worst case, and just in case. _______________________________________________ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
