Jamie M. Dyer wrote: > I have got a problem with the lilo boot loader, It was > working fine up untill I changed some of the settings using > the mandrake config tools. I removed some old options that > I did not use and changed the delay time. After I did this > I rebooted and instead of the lilo screen I got this 'L1 01 > 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01..... etc. etc.' this goes on > untill you reboot. > > I run a triple boot system with win2000 win98 an linux > mandrake 7.2, win2000 and win98 are on the first partition > of the first hard disk and linux is on the first partition > of the second hard disk. I have managed to get back the MBR > by copying the system files from a win98 boot disk, then > fdisk /mbr I then had to insert the win2000 cd while in > win98 and run setup to get the win2000 boot menu back. I > have added linux to the win 2000 boot menu and moved lilo > from the mbr to the second hard disk. Now when I choose > linux on the boot menu I get the 'L1 01 01 01 01...' thing, > does anyone know how I can get lilo to start working > propperly, at the moment I'm having to use a boot floppy. > > Thank you > > JamieD JamieD....you need to boot Linux with your boot floppy (made during installation) edit (as root) the first line of your /etc/lilo.conf file to read: boot=/dev/hdbX where X is the number of the partition on hdb (hdb is your second IDE hard drive) where the Linux kernal resides. If you have a seperate /boot partition then X is the number of the /boot partition, if not then X is the number of the / partition. Your win2000 boot menu entry must also point at this partition. Then save the /etc/lilo.conf file and at a console prompt (as root) type: /sbin/lilo -v -- Alan
