>-- Original Message -- >Subject: Re: [newbie] Get me out of this - PLEASE >From: Terry Smith <microsmith> >To: newbie <newbie> >Date: 17 Nov 2002 16:28:28 -0500 >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >This should be fixable with some additional information. Looks like you >need a new 'stanza' for the 9.0 install. > >What is the name of the drive 9.0 is installed on (e.g. hdb)?
hdf - root partition is hdf1. Everything except home is mounted there. >What are the partitions for /boot and / on that drive (e.g. /dev/hdb1 = >/boot, etc.)? >What is the name of the boot image on the 9.0 boot partition? (e.g. >vmlinuz)? > I'm pretty positive that was what was in the original lilo.conf. >With that info a number of us should be able to help you edit the >lilo.conf file so that you can access your 9.0 installation. > >Terry Smith Much appreciated Anne > >On Sun, 2002-11-17 at 15:10, Anne Wilson wrote: >> After installing 9.0 on my second hdd I was not getting a choice at lilo > >> stage. Following advice I re-wrote lilo from the CD1 of 9.0 This was >a >> really bad idea. It reinstalled my boot loaded for 8.2, and now I'm stuck >in >> 8.2 with a perfectly good 9.0 installation inaccessible. >> >> I have re-written lilo to what it was originally, like this: >> >> map=/boot/map >> default=linux >> keytable=/boot/uk.klt >> prompt >> nowarn >> timeout=100 >> message=/boot/message >> menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw >> ignore-table >> disk=/dev/hde bios=0x80 >> image=/boot/vmlinuz >> label=linux >> root=/dev/hdf1 >> initrd=/boot/initrd.img >> append="devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi nobiospnp" >> read-only >> image=/boot/vmlinuz >> label=failsafe >> root=/dev/hdf1 >> initrd=/boot/initrd.img >> append="devfs=nomount hdc=ide-scsi failsafe" >> read-only >> other=/dev/hde1 >> label=windows >> table=/dev/hde >> other=/dev/fd0 >> label=floppy >> unsafe >> >> What is stopping this working? Is it that map=/boot/map line - the map >being >> overwritten? There must be a way out of this. >> >> How do I get back to 9.0 without re-installing? I'm devastated. >> >> Anne >> >> >> ---- >> > >> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >> Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > >Attachment: message.footer >
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