Is lilo installed on hdb? Boot from floppy with hdb removed. linux root=/dev/hdc? ? being partition number. run lilo and reboot to see if it boots from hard drive.
Gary. On Monday 10 March 2003 09:34 pm, Mark Watts wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > Ok, answers to questions: > > No, I wasnt using cable select. > > No, I wasnt changing any jumpers. > > This has nothing to do with fstab - that doesnt get processed at the lilo > point. > > > With all 3 drives in, I get a lilo prompt. > > With hdb removed I get LI LI LI LI... > > hdb is NOT mentioned in lilo.conf, so why does removing that drive affect > lilo? > > Cheers. > > Mark. > > > On Friday 07 March 2003 09:33 pm, Gary Hodder wrote: > > > Hi Mark, > > > > > > with the 3 drives in and it boots normally, edit the fstab file and > > > change the hdc? to hdb? > > > ? being the partition number. > > > Change lilo to be hdb instead of hdc. > > > Reboot with a floppy, at lilo promp: linux root=/dev/hdb? > > > ? being the partition number the os is on. > > > Run lilo. > > > Reboot to boot from kernel on harddrive. > > > > > > Gary. > > > > and next time, don't use "cable select" as the way to choice master and > > slave HDs, use the jumpers on the drive itself. > > > > > On Fri, 2003-03-07 at 22:19, Mark Watts wrote: > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I have a system with 3 harddrives in it (hda = Windows, hdb = spare > > > > (part XFS, part FAT32) and hdc = Linux (resierfs). > > > > I installed Windows first, followed by 9.0 on hdc, and chose to > > > > install lilo to hda's boot sector. > > > > This has been working just fine since I installed. > > > > I've come to a point where I'm moving hdb out of the system... > > > > Whenever I remove it, I get the ubiquitos LI LI LI LI LI across the > > > > screen, indicating that lilo is toast. Putting the drive back makes > > > > everything work as before. > > > > > > > > 2 questions: > > > > > > > > 1) Should lilo really be doing this, bearing in mind that hdb isnt > > > > mentioned in lilo.conf (It has an old 8.2 install I havent removed > > > > yet on it, but I'd have to make a boot disk to boot from it). > > > > > > > > 2) If I re-reun lilo (from a rescue cd and chrooting stuff) without > > > > changing lilo.conf, will that fix the LI LI LI issue? > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > > > Mark. > > > > > > > > - -- > > > > Mark Watts > > > > Systems Engineer > > > > QinetiQ TIM > > > > St Andrews Road, Malvern > > > > GPG Public Key available on request. > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > > > > > > > > iD8DBQE+aIA5Bn4EFUVUIO0RAhuvAKCzIzCZDqFlr6+RWzdSEmrpglnB8QCgxetA > > > > gfpHOl0qRleNXs2VLEiSQcY= > > > > =wfFV > > > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > > > > > > > ---- > > > > > > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > - -- > Mark Watts > Systems Engineer > QinetiQ TIM > St Andrews Road, Malvern > GPG Public Key available on request. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE+bGpLBn4EFUVUIO0RAkDeAJ0WLGqDCacQRyYIE0O2qNY5kCZ6BgCeNPsc > S+knuDCAmZocwoLKJ8l15tU= > =11Y0 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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