You mention to open a console and write lilo... I am unfamiliar with this
term to write lilo. Can I find the information about that in the man?
LongSnowsM
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> Alejandro Arredondo
> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 1999 8:19 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] cannot boot
>
>
> Audrey Beck wrote:
>
> > What does /etc/fstab say your root partition is?
> > What does /etc/lilo.conf say it wrote to? hda7 or just hda?
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi...
> > >
> > > I have this problem.
> > > I upgraded my kernel from kernel-2.2.13-7mdk to
> > > kernel-2.2.13-22mdk.
> > > But when i booted, lilo cannot find the new kernel (i
> > > guess, since it
> > > stoped after the prompt) I booted using bootdisk and
> > > tried to change
> > > lilo configuration to boot the new image file
> > > '/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.13-22mdk'. But there was an eror
> > > that won't accept
> > > my root partition which in /dev/hda7. It says that
> > > hda7 either invalid
> > > or not linux partition. I dont understand because
> > > before this (for
> > > kernel-2.2.13-7mdk) the root partition is the same,
> > > /dev/hda7 which is
> > > linux partition, and that where my root partition is.
> > >
> > > Even before this (when i still with
> > > kernel-2.2.13-7mdk) when i tried to
> > > change the label (in lilo, for boothing linux) it
> > > won't accept it with
> > > the same error.
> > > What's the problem?
> > >
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> You will need to boot with a floopy disk with the following
> parameters linux /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.13-22mdk
> Log on as root and edit your /etc/lilo.conf
> Open a Console and write lilo
> It will re-configure your system to boot with the new kernel
> Also your hda partitions will be restored
>
> Alejandro Arredondo
>
