Vic wrote:

> Duplicate entry 'append' near line 17 in file /etc/lilo.conf
> what this mean?
> 
> my lilo.conf
> 
> 
> boot=/dev/hda
> map=/boot/map
> install=/boot/boot.b
> vga=normal
> default=linux
> prompt
> timeout=50
> message=/boot/message
> other=/dev/fd0
>         label=floppy
>         unsafe
> image=/boot/vmlinuz
>         label=linux
>         root=/dev/hda5
>         initrd=/boot/initrd.img
>         append="65532k"
>         append="hdd=ide-scsi"
>         read-only
It means you have two append lines, you should edit it to read 
append="mem=65532k,  hdd=ide-scsi" and
  delete the second append line completely.

 
> On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, A V Flinsch wrote:
> 
> 
>> Do all of the following as root
>> 
>> add a line that looks like
>> append=" hdd=ide-scsi" 
>> to the correct stanza in /etc/lilo.conf
>> 
>> 
>> then execute /sbin/lilo
>> 
>> next  add the following lines to the end of 
>> /etc/rc.d/rc.local
>> modprobe ide-scsi
>> modprob sg
>> 
>> 
>> now reboot, you should be able to access your cdwriter on /dev/scd0
>> if this works, edit your /etc/fstab to reflect this, and try writing a cd.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Alex
>> (Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life)


-- 
Dennis Myers Registered Linux user #180843


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