I believe there's a copy of LILO on the boot disk... at least a file that
says where to boot from. Try changing that.
DvB
On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, Eunice Thompson wrote:
> well, I reinstalled The entire OS; made sure I included all the necessary
> packages for kernel recompilation. I was able to make the changes but now
> am stuck ,because the instructions say to change LILO.
> I didn't install LILO, I use a boot disk to boot to Mandrake. How do I
> change the boot disk.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 2:30 AM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Fw: CDRproblems
>
>
> >
> >
> >
> > Tried 'make xconfig'?
> >
> > Failing that, browse Makefile to see what targets are defined... targets
> > are defined like this:
> >
> > targetname:
> > <stuff> <stuff> <stuff>
> >
> > If you still can't work it out, post your makefile to me and I'll have a
> > look - can't promise anything but I see enough Makefiles at work each day
> > to make you barf....
> >
> >
> > Steve Flynn
> > IBM MVS Operations Analyst
> >
> >
> >
> > "Eunice Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 15/02/2000 21:52:16
> >
> > Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > cc: (bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM)
> > Subject: [newbie] Fw: CDRproblems
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > I went to www.thelinuxgurus.org for the how-to on configuring CD drives.
> > I followed the instructions and when I type 'make menuconfig' I get an
> > error
> > message that states "No rule to make target "menuconfig" Stop.
> >
> > So now what do I do?
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Eunice Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.mandrake
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2000 8:51 AM
> > Subject: CRrom problems
> >
> >
> > > I'm unable to use either of my CD drives ( one is a CD burner) in
> > Mandrake
> > > 7.0
> > > they are both Atapi/IDE drives.
> > > I' ve read posts and articles about recompiling the kernel to change
> the
> > > IDE to scsi . that doesn't seem to work because I really don't have any
> > idea
> > > what I'm doing.
> > >
> > > Anyway my question is can I reinstall Mandrake and when it ask if I have
> > > scsi devices , should I check yes? Will this clear up the problem?
> > >
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