Re: [newbie] Lilo got sick
On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 08:46, Russ wrote: > HI Stephen, > > You may be onto something here. This is what I did; > > On my original try with Linux this go around I just disconnected my old HD > and partitioned a new one, Installed Win98 on the first half and Linux on > the second. Then I decided to slave them together. So I simply uninstalled > Lilo. Now when booted to that HD it boots directly to my new Win98 install. > I then slaved the two together. Both HD's (Maxtors) are set to CS. My old HD > is in the master position and my new one is on the slave. I reinstalled > Linux on the second HD (same partition only now it was a slave disk instead > of master). Now Lilo was installed on my OLD HD and it set itself to boot to > all three OS's (old Win98 on old HD - New Win98 on first partition new HD - > and Linux on second HD). I did it this way just to see if Win98 would boot > on a slaved drive. I had heard that it would not. Therefore both HD's were > bootable. > > Now, would that have caused the problem I had? I shut the computer down and > started it again today and it did it again so I just erased Lilo (through > the CD again) > Yeppers - shore would have caused it. Are you done switching disks around now? (g) -- Mon, 27 Jan 2003 09:35:01 +1100 9:35am up 10 days, 19:18, 6 users, load average: 0.28, 0.23, 0.19 -- |____ | kuhn media australia| | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ |"| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | |'. `\ | | |icq: 5483808 | | ;"""/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389| | ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | -- linux user:267497 * RH 8.0 * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting -- We only support a 28000 bps connection. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Lilo got sick
HI Stephen, You may be onto something here. This is what I did; On my original try with Linux this go around I just disconnected my old HD and partitioned a new one, Installed Win98 on the first half and Linux on the second. Then I decided to slave them together. So I simply uninstalled Lilo. Now when booted to that HD it boots directly to my new Win98 install. I then slaved the two together. Both HD's (Maxtors) are set to CS. My old HD is in the master position and my new one is on the slave. I reinstalled Linux on the second HD (same partition only now it was a slave disk instead of master). Now Lilo was installed on my OLD HD and it set itself to boot to all three OS's (old Win98 on old HD - New Win98 on first partition new HD - and Linux on second HD). I did it this way just to see if Win98 would boot on a slaved drive. I had heard that it would not. Therefore both HD's were bootable. Now, would that have caused the problem I had? I shut the computer down and started it again today and it did it again so I just erased Lilo (through the CD again) Thanks Russ - Original Message - > On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 03:15, Russ wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > Shut down my computer last night and everything was just fine. Booted this > > morning and got an "L" followed by rows of " 01". I did make a boot disk but > > that was before I redid my system and now Linux is on the second disk, so > > obviously that didn't work (I'll have to redo it for my current system. > > Anyone mind pointing me to the correct spot and save me a little time > > hunting). So then I decided to pop in CD 1 and do something there (wasn't > > sure what but I was going to look around). Pressed F1 for more info and > > stumbled onto a function that repairs Lilo. I did it and it seems to be > > healthy again. Can anyone shed some light on why Lilo burped? > > > > Thanks > > Russ > > > > Almost every time I see that error it has to do with something causing > your /boot partition from being the active partition. I usually fix it > with a Win98 boot disk and FDISK to reset the active partition - then > after reboot, works like a charm. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Lilo got sick
On Sunday 26 Jan 2003 9:08 pm, you wrote: > > Except that PM tells me I have a problem with my partitions, and doesn't > > go any further. > > > > Anne > > Here's the trick with PM - You HAVE to have some type of partition it > can write to - be it a diskette or be it an actual FAT/VFAT partition. > It only needs to write ONE file there - a pqtmp.fil - then it will run. > > Another way of getting around this is to copy the dos utilities from the > PM setup to a CDROM and put the pqtmp.fil in the root dir of the CD (or > on the root of a boot floppy) so that it can be run... > > It's actually in the docs for PM...just a matter of RTM... I'll dig it out and look into it tomorrow. I confess I read it when I got it and haven't looked at it since. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Lilo got sick
On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 06:29, Steve Jeppesen wrote: > Not to correct you Stephen, but isn't it something like fdisk -mbr or > something? Hate to see somebody run fdisk without that mbr option and > ruin their current setup.. > > OTH > Steve Generally, when you run FDISK, you are presented with options - mostly 4 options if you have one disk, 5 options if you have more than one disk. Option 2 is to "SET ACTIVE PARTITION" Just in running the MS-DOS FDISK doesn't kill or delete anything, although I do know of people that randomly smash keys and do silly things - but mostly you would ASSUME that people would read what's placed in front of them prior to either clicking on something or hitting a key...(g) -- Mon, 27 Jan 2003 06:35:00 +1100 6:35am up 10 days, 16:18, 6 users, load average: 0.31, 0.24, 0.26 -- |____ | kuhn media australia| | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ |"| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | |'. `\ | | |icq: 5483808 | | ;"""/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389| | ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | -- linux user:267497 * RH 8.0 * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting -- Success is relative: It is what we can make of the mess we have made of things. -- T.S. Eliot, "The Family Reunion" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Lilo got sick
Not to correct you Stephen, but isn't it something like fdisk -mbr or something? Hate to see somebody run fdisk without that mbr option and ruin their current setup.. OTH Steve On 27 Jan 2003 05:55:24 +1100 Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 03:15, Russ wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > Shut down my computer last night and everything was just fine. > > Booted this morning and got an "L" followed by rows of " 01". I did > > make a boot disk but that was before I redid my system and now Linux > > is on the second disk, so obviously that didn't work (I'll have to > > redo it for my current system. Anyone mind pointing me to the > > correct spot and save me a little time hunting). So then I decided > > to pop in CD 1 and do something there (wasn't sure what but I was > > going to look around). Pressed F1 for more info and stumbled onto a > > function that repairs Lilo. I did it and it seems to be healthy > > again. Can anyone shed some light on why Lilo burped? > > > > Thanks > > Russ > > > > Almost every time I see that error it has to do with something causing > your /boot partition from being the active partition. I usually fix it > with a Win98 boot disk and FDISK to reset the active partition - then > after reboot, works like a charm. > > -- > Mon, 27 Jan 2003 05:50:00 +1100 > 5:50am up 10 days, 15:33, 6 users, load average: 0.10, 0.09, 0.18 > -- > |____ | kuhn media australia| > | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | > | .\__/ || | | |=| > | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn| > | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > | |/ ._/ |"| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| > | |'. `\ | | |icq: 5483808 | > | ;"""/ / | | | | > | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389| > | ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | > -- > linux user:267497 * RH 8.0 * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting > -- > > In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, > intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption > from the cares of office. > -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary" > > -- Linux user #280097 Machine #162480 http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Lilo got sick
On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 03:15, Russ wrote: > Hi All, > > Shut down my computer last night and everything was just fine. Booted this > morning and got an "L" followed by rows of " 01". I did make a boot disk but > that was before I redid my system and now Linux is on the second disk, so > obviously that didn't work (I'll have to redo it for my current system. > Anyone mind pointing me to the correct spot and save me a little time > hunting). So then I decided to pop in CD 1 and do something there (wasn't > sure what but I was going to look around). Pressed F1 for more info and > stumbled onto a function that repairs Lilo. I did it and it seems to be > healthy again. Can anyone shed some light on why Lilo burped? > > Thanks > Russ > Almost every time I see that error it has to do with something causing your /boot partition from being the active partition. I usually fix it with a Win98 boot disk and FDISK to reset the active partition - then after reboot, works like a charm. -- Mon, 27 Jan 2003 05:50:00 +1100 5:50am up 10 days, 15:33, 6 users, load average: 0.10, 0.09, 0.18 -- |____ | kuhn media australia| | / ,, /| |'-. | http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | |=| | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' | stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |/ ._/ |"| | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]| | |'. `\ | | |icq: 5483808 | | ;"""/ / | | | | | smk ) /_/| |.---.| | mobile: 0410-728-389| | ' `-`' " " | Berkeley, New South Wales, AU | -- linux user:267497 * RH 8.0 * PC/Mac/Linux/Networking/Consulting -- In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
