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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