On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 21:18, Jonathan Dlouhy wrote: > On Monday 09 June 2003 7:32 pm, Jack Coates wrote: > > On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 16:16, Jonathan Dlouhy wrote: > > ... > > > > > Jack, here are the results of using the two lilo options. Any ideas? > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# lilo -M /dev/hdb1 > > > Fatal: /dev/hdb1 is not a master device with a primary parition table > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# lilo -b /dev/hdb1 > > > Ignoring entry 'boot' > > > Added linux * > > > Added linux-nonfb > > > Added failsafe > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# lilo -M /dev/hdb1 > > > Fatal: /dev/hdb1 is not a master device with a primary parition table > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > you're trying to put an MBR into a higher-level partition. Try > > lilo -M /dev/hdb > > > > instead. > > Okay, that worked. Should I be able to boot from this drive now? I can't mount > it. I get the error: > > "Could not mount device. > The reported error was: > mount: Not a directory"
that's coming from the mount target. Try mkdir /mnt/disk mount -t [filesystem] /dev/hdb /mnt/disk -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... http://www.monkeynoodle.org/resume.html
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