Re: [newbie] rescue disk probs
On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 07:05, Scott Wagner wrote: > Thanks, I'm back in Mandrake. > > I did > > # mkdir /mnt/tmp > > and then > > # mount /dev/hda5 /mnt/tmp > > and then found /etc/lilo.conf at /mnt/tmp/etc/lilo.conf > > Vi was acting a little sickly, but I was able to delete the bad stanza. > > Thanks all, > SW Generally, after you login under rescue mode, the best thing to do is to mkdir /mnt/hd chroot /mnt/hd cd /etc/ vi lilo (and do whatever) THEN, lilo ...and reboot - should be all happy-dappy after that. -- stephen kuhn - proprietor __ illawarra computer services :: a kuhn media australia venture http://kma.0catch.com :: mobile 0410.728.389 Serving Sydney, The Illawarra, South Coast and Rural NSW __ * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents __ Mandrake GNU/Linux 10.0 OE/Kernel 2.6.3-7/ No Viruses here. Work was impossible. The geeks had broken my spirit. They had done too many things wrong. It was never like this for Mencken. He lived like a Prussian gambler -- sweating worse than Bryan on some nights and drunker than Judas on others. It was all a dehumanized nightmare...and these raddled cretins have the gall to complain about my deadlines. -- Hunter Thompson, "Bad Nerves in Fat City", _Generation of Swine_ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] rescue disk probs
Thanks, I'm back in Mandrake. I did # mkdir /mnt/tmp and then # mount /dev/hda5 /mnt/tmp and then found /etc/lilo.conf at /mnt/tmp/etc/lilo.conf Vi was acting a little sickly, but I was able to delete the bad stanza. Thanks all, SW Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] rescue disk probs
You can also try to save it with a Linux PE-CD (single-cd distributions) like e.g. Knoppix. Derek Jennings wrote: On Monday 23 August 2004 21:18, Scott wrote: Hello I'm trying to use my 10.0 rescue disk to re-write lilo in hda. The problem is I have an improperly named kernel image in /etc/lilo.conf, so the rewrite fails when it runs "lilo". I don't seem to be able to open lilo.conf with vi to change it from the rescue console though. I just get an empty new /etc/lilo.conf file, and ls /etc doesn't show a lilo.conf file (or a bunch of others either). How can I fix the file? Cheers, SW From the rescue disk menu mount the partitions and then you will find your real lilo at /mnt/etc/lilo.conf (or something like that) I think in rescue mode you only get 'vim' not the full 'vi' When you have edited the lilo.conf file write it to the boot sector with the recue menu entry to rewrite lilo. Hope that works derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] rescue disk probs
Scott wrote: Hello I'm trying to use my 10.0 rescue disk to re-write lilo in hda. The problem is I have an improperly named kernel image in /etc/lilo.conf, so the rewrite fails when it runs "lilo". I don't seem to be able to open lilo.conf with vi to change it from the rescue console though. I just get an empty new /etc/lilo.conf file, and ls /etc doesn't show a lilo.conf file (or a bunch of others either). How can I fix the file? Cheers, SW Not sure, but maybe you need to mount the partition your OS is on in rescue mode. Then run vi to edit. To do that, not done this for a while, mkdir /mnt/tmp /dev/hd(x) /mnt/tmp where x is your drive letter. then type vi John Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] rescue disk probs
On Monday 23 August 2004 21:18, Scott wrote: > Hello > I'm trying to use my 10.0 rescue disk to re-write lilo in hda. The problem > is I have an improperly named kernel image in /etc/lilo.conf, so the > rewrite fails when it runs "lilo". I don't seem to be able to open > lilo.conf with vi to change it from the rescue console though. I just get > an empty new /etc/lilo.conf file, and ls /etc doesn't show a lilo.conf file > (or a bunch of others either). How can I fix the file? > > Cheers, > SW >From the rescue disk menu mount the partitions and then you will find your real lilo at /mnt/etc/lilo.conf (or something like that) I think in rescue mode you only get 'vim' not the full 'vi' When you have edited the lilo.conf file write it to the boot sector with the recue menu entry to rewrite lilo. Hope that works derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] rescue disk probs
Hello I'm trying to use my 10.0 rescue disk to re-write lilo in hda. The problem is I have an improperly named kernel image in /etc/lilo.conf, so the rewrite fails when it runs "lilo". I don't seem to be able to open lilo.conf with vi to change it from the rescue console though. I just get an empty new /etc/lilo.conf file, and ls /etc doesn't show a lilo.conf file (or a bunch of others either). How can I fix the file? Cheers, SW
