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)
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