Re: Release upgrade from Woody to Sarge failed reboot lilo problem

2005-06-12 Thread Clinton V. Weiss
This topic may be a few days old, but this is apparently exactly what happened to a server I admin remotely. When I upgraded to the new stable packages, I saw nothing that affected the kernel, therefore rerunning LILO didn't occur to me as something that needed to be done. Hopefully someone repo

Re: Release upgrade from Woody to Sarge failed reboot lilo problem

2005-06-12 Thread Clinton V. Weiss
This topic may be a few days old, but this is apparently exactly what happened to a server I admin remotely. When I upgraded to the new stable packages, I saw nothing that affected the kernel, therefore rerunning LILO didn't occur to me as something that needed to be done. Hopefully someone repo

Re: Release upgrade from Woody to Sarge failed reboot lilo problem

2005-06-12 Thread Clinton V. Weiss
This topic may be a few days old, but this is apparently exactly what happened to a server I admin remotely. When I upgraded to the new stable packages, I saw nothing that affected the kernel, therefore rerunning LILO didn't occur to me as something that needed to be done. Hopefully someone r

Re: Release upgrade from Woody to Sarge failed reboot lilo problem

2005-06-12 Thread Bob Proulx
Florian Ernst wrote: > MicheleM wrote: > > all worked fine untill I rebooted the machine and...ooops! The boot > > loader LILO failed with the "LI" code error. > > [...] > > But what did it happen? I think there is a bug somewhere. > > lilo should have detected it needed to be re-run and should ha

Re: Release upgrade from Woody to Sarge failed reboot lilo problem

2005-06-10 Thread Florian Ernst
Hello again, On Thu, Jun 09, 2005 at 02:54:32PM -0700, MicheleM wrote: > this is the output: > > anjuna:~# grep -A5 'lilo/runme' /var/cache/debconf/config.dat > Name: lilo/runme > Template: lilo/runme > Owners: lilo > > [...] > no more. Hm, strange, to me it looks like this question was never a

Re: Release upgrade from Woody to Sarge failed reboot lilo problem

2005-06-09 Thread MicheleM
Hi Flo, this is the output: anjuna:~# grep -A5 'lilo/runme' /var/cache/debconf/config.dat Name: lilo/runme Template: lilo/runme Owners: lilo Name: lilo/upgrade Template: lilo/upgrade Owners: lilo I grep the upgrade's typescript searching for the lilo prompt but this is what I found: anjuna:~# c

Re: Release upgrade from Woody to Sarge failed reboot lilo problem

2005-06-09 Thread Florian Ernst
Hello *, On Thu, Jun 09, 2005 at 04:46:32PM -0400, Roberto C. Sanchez wrote: > Why do people insist on using LILO? Just install grub, [...] Advocacy is one thing, trying to find out why a bug has occurred another. Let's try not to mix things up. Cheers, Flo signature.asc Description: Digital

Re: Release upgrade from Woody to Sarge failed reboot lilo problem

2005-06-09 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Thu, Jun 09, 2005 at 08:08:08PM +0200, Florian Ernst wrote: > Hello *, > > > > > all worked fine untill I rebooted the machine and...ooops! The boot > > loader LILO failed with the "LI" code error. > > No way to boot the machine. I solved the problem with a knoppix live > > cd, I mounted the r

Re: Release upgrade from Woody to Sarge failed reboot lilo problem

2005-06-09 Thread Florian Ernst
Hello *, On Thu, Jun 09, 2005 at 08:23:39AM -0700, MicheleM wrote: > yesterday I tried to upgrade my Woody production server to Sarge after > reading and following step by step the relase notes under: > http://www.debian.org/releases/sarge/i386/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html > > all worked fi

Release upgrade from Woody to Sarge failed reboot lilo problem

2005-06-09 Thread MicheleM
Hi there, yesterday I tried to upgrade my Woody production server to Sarge after reading and following step by step the relase notes under: http://www.debian.org/releases/sarge/i386/release-notes/ch-upgrading.en.html all worked fine untill I rebooted the machine and...ooops! The boot loader LILO f

Re: LILO problem

2004-10-21 Thread Alexis Huxley
> I partitioned my hard drive in such a way that i can > install 2 OS. The partition goes like this: > > /dev/hda1 - Linux (ext3)- Bootable > /dev/hda5 - Linux Swap > /dev/hda3 - Linux (reiserfs) > > /dev/hda1 has Knoppix3.3 (LiveOIO) and /dev/hda3 has > Knoppix 3.6. I configured /dev/hda3's lilo.c

LILO problem

2004-10-20 Thread a perez
I partitioned my hard drive in such a way that i can install 2 OS. The partition goes like this: /dev/hda1 - Linux (ext3)- Bootable /dev/hda5 - Linux Swap /dev/hda3 - Linux (reiserfs) /dev/hda1 has Knoppix3.3 (LiveOIO) and /dev/hda3 has Knoppix 3.6. I configured /dev/hda3's lilo.conf by putting /

Re: lilo problem after upgrade on sid

2004-06-30 Thread praveen
On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 01:12:14PM -0400, Patrick Ouellette wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >hi > > > > > >i've been running sid and after an apt-get -f upgrade yesterday morning, i > >found that my lilo hangs. the letters "LIL.." come up and it simply > >freezes. i read through several man-

Re: lilo problem after upgrade on sid

2004-06-30 Thread Patrick Ouellette
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi i've been running sid and after an apt-get -f upgrade yesterday morning, i found that my lilo hangs. the letters "LIL.." come up and it simply freezes. i read through several man-pages and lists and figured that the lilo may be pointing to incorrect map or something simp

lilo problem after upgrade on sid

2004-06-30 Thread Praveen Kallakuri
hi i've been running sid and after an apt-get -f upgrade yesterday morning, i found that my lilo hangs. the letters "LIL.." come up and it simply freezes. i read through several man-pages and lists and figured that the lilo may be pointing to incorrect map or something simply wrong with the MBR.

Re: Debian/Lilo problem

2004-05-16 Thread David Baron
Try placing the root= in your mkinitrd.conf. # If this is set to probe mkinitrd will try to figure out what's needed to # mount the root file system. This is equivalent to the old PROBE=on setting. ROOT="/dev/hdb1 ext3" substitute your file system, ext2, etc. Quotes are necessary for correct par

Re: Debian/Lilo problem

2004-05-16 Thread Ping Wing
in lilo.conf , enter line root=/dev/*d** for example root=/dev/hda1 cheers, http://www.axeltabs.com/ __ axel --- Denis Croombs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am trying to get a Debian system 3.0 to use a > 2.4.16-k7 kernel > I have added the kernel to lilo.conf & entered the > command lilo but

Re: Debian/Lilo problem

2004-05-16 Thread Baurjan Ismagulov
On Sun, May 16, 2004 at 07:17:23PM +0100, Denis Croombs wrote: > I am using ext2 I have tried with and without initrd ! Is ext2 compiled into your kernel? If it is a module, you might need to add it to your initrd. If you have a serial console, a full boot output would help. Is it a standard Deb

Re: Debian/Lilo problem

2004-05-16 Thread Baurjan Ismagulov
Hello, Denis, On Sun, May 16, 2004 at 07:02:27PM +0100, Denis Croombs wrote: > I am trying to get a Debian system 3.0 to use a 2.4.16-k7 kernel > I have added the kernel to lilo.conf & entered the command lilo but get a > error (I do not get the error if I try using the 2.2.20-idepci kernel) the >

Debian/Lilo problem

2004-05-16 Thread Denis Croombs
I am trying to get a Debian system 3.0 to use a 2.4.16-k7 kernel I have added the kernel to lilo.conf & entered the command lilo but get a error (I do not get the error if I try using the 2.2.20-idepci kernel) the error is:- request_module[block-major-3]: Root fs not mounted VFS: Cannot open root d

lilo problem!!!!!!!

2004-01-29 Thread Angel Parra
Hello I need to install lilo on a HD on a machine that see it as /dev/sdc and use it to boot linux (root=/dev/sdc1) on a machine that see it as /dev/hdc (root=/dev/hdc1). My problem is that second machine realy is not a PC, so I must create disk on a PC. Can you give me a clue??? Thank yo

Re: lilo problem

2003-10-07 Thread Roberto Sanchez
LeVA wrote: When I run the 'lilo' command it says: "Fatal: First sector of /dev/hda6 doesn't have a valid boot signature" Ok, but what should I do now? How can I make a "valid boot signature" to that partition? I have installed RH9 on it, and it seems it didn't create that onto that partition.

lilo problem

2003-10-07 Thread LeVA
Hello! I have entries in my lilo.conf like these: image=/boot/linux-2.4.22 label=D-Woody read-only other=/dev/hda5 label="D-Sarge" other=/dev/hda6 label="Red-Hat 9" When I run the 'lilo' command it says: "Fatal: First sector of /dev/hda6 doesn't have a valid boot signature" Ok,

Re: lilo problem

2003-09-18 Thread Jacob Anawalt
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the help everyone, especially Michael. With your help I managed to get it working :) On Wed, 2003-09-17 at 15:03, Michael Bellears wrote: Ensure that /vmlinuz exists. It does on /dev/hdc8 Please show the output of mount. Cool, now that yo

RE: lilo problem

2003-09-17 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks for the help everyone, especially Michael. With your help I managed to get it working :) On Wed, 2003-09-17 at 15:03, Michael Bellears wrote: > > > > > > Ensure that /vmlinuz exists. > > > > It does on /dev/hdc8 > > Please show the output of mount. > > MB > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, em

Re: lilo problem

2003-09-17 Thread ajlewis2
In linux.debian.user, you wrote: > Hi, > > I have installed debain (woody) next to my current dist (mandrake 9.1). > I added entries to mandrakes lilo.conf so that I could boot both debian > and mandrake, I am sick of mandrake and want to completely switch to > debian. > > I get the following err

Re: lilo problem

2003-09-16 Thread Greg Madden
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 16 September 2003 07:07 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Wed, 2003-09-17 at 15:03, Michael Bellears wrote: > > > > Ensure that /vmlinuz exists. > > > > > > It does on /dev/hdc8 > > > > Please show the output of mount. > > No output. It mou

RE: lilo problem

2003-09-16 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 2003-09-17 at 15:03, Michael Bellears wrote: > > > > > > Ensure that /vmlinuz exists. > > > > It does on /dev/hdc8 > > Please show the output of mount. No output. It mounts without any problems, I am currently chrooted into it. Thanks for trying to find a solution :) -- To UNSUBSCRIB

RE: lilo problem

2003-09-16 Thread Michael Bellears
> > > > Ensure that /vmlinuz exists. > > It does on /dev/hdc8 Please show the output of mount. MB -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: lilo problem

2003-09-16 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Ensure that /vmlinuz exists. It does on /dev/hdc8 I imagine that /vmlinuz exists on all debian installs. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: lilo problem

2003-09-16 Thread Michael Bellears
> Fatal: open /vmlinuz: No such file or directory > image=/vmlinuz ^^ > label="Debian" > root=/dev/hdc8 > boot=/dev/hdc8 > install=/boot/boot.b > map=/boot/map > read-only > > What should I do? Pretty self expl

lilo problem

2003-09-16 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi, I have installed debain (woody) next to my current dist (mandrake 9.1). I added entries to mandrakes lilo.conf so that I could boot both debian and mandrake, I am sick of mandrake and want to completely switch to debian. I get the following error message when running lilo (on mandrake): Adde

Re: LILO problem

2003-09-10 Thread Victory
Thanks, It's work for me. Regards, Victor, - Original Message - From: "Andrés Roldán" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Victory" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Debian-User" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 7:55 PM Subject: Re:

Re: LILO problem

2003-09-08 Thread Andrés Roldán
Change boot=/dev/sda1 for boot=/dev/sda and rerun /sbin/lilo "Victory" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I use Noton Ghost 2003 to create disk to CD images then > restored from CD Image to another disk, After done I the reboot > to new disk and after MBR it support to start LILO 22.2 but it > show a

LILO problem

2003-09-08 Thread Victory
I use Noton Ghost 2003 to create disk to CD images then restored from CD Image to another disk, After done I the reboot to new disk and after MBR it support to start LILO 22.2 but it show all 01 number all over the screen, I think my MBR LILO is screw-up, search and found that Symantec say boot to

memtest86 + lilo problem

2003-05-29 Thread stan
I apt=get isntalled teh memtest86 package on one of my "testing" boxes yesterday. When I added the lines from /usr/share/doc/memtets86/examples to lilo, I get an error about the current kernel not supporting initial ram disks when I run lilo to make the changes efective. What do I need to do to c

Re: Lilo problem

2003-01-13 Thread Russell
Russell wrote: Hi all, I copied a working debian installation from one hard disk to another, except i had to make a new kernel and install it. I copied the new bzImage into /boot, and updated lilo.conf. /boot contains the new kernel and nothing else. When i run lilo, it gives an error message:

Lilo problem

2003-01-13 Thread Russell
Hi all, I copied a working debian installation from one hard disk to another, except i had to make a new kernel and install it. I copied the new bzImage into /boot, and updated lilo.conf. /boot contains the new kernel and nothing else. When i run lilo, it gives an error message: Fatal: open /b

Re: Debian3.0, Win2000 and LILO problem

2002-11-18 Thread Jan Krupa
On Sun, 17 Nov 2002, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > On Sun, 17 Nov 2002 the mental interface of > Jan Krupa told: > > > > > Thanks for answer. > > > > On Sun, 17 Nov 2002, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > > > > > Hi Jan, > > > > > > On Sun, 17 Nov 2002 the mental interface of > > > Jan Krupa told

Re: Debian3.0, Win2000 and LILO problem

2002-11-17 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
On Sun, 17 Nov 2002 the mental interface of Jan Krupa told: > > Thanks for answer. > > On Sun, 17 Nov 2002, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > > > Hi Jan, > > > > On Sun, 17 Nov 2002 the mental interface of > > Jan Krupa told: > > > > [...] > > > > > # Boot up Linux by default. > > ^^

Re: Debian3.0, Win2000 and LILO problem

2002-11-17 Thread Jan Krupa
Thanks for answer. On Sun, 17 Nov 2002, Elimar Riesebieter wrote: > Hi Jan, > > On Sun, 17 Nov 2002 the mental interface of > Jan Krupa told: > > [...] > > > # Boot up Linux by default. > > > # > > default=Win2000(hda1) > ^ > What do you w

Re: Debian3.0, Win2000 and LILO problem

2002-11-17 Thread Elimar Riesebieter
Hi Jan, On Sun, 17 Nov 2002 the mental interface of Jan Krupa told: [...] > # /etc/lilo.conf - See: `lilo(8)' and `lilo.conf(5)', > # --- `install-mbr(8)', `/usr/share/doc/lilo/', > # and `/usr/share/doc/mbr/'. > > # +

Debian3.0, Win2000 and LILO problem

2002-11-17 Thread Jan Krupa
I have Pentium IV, HD 40 GB. First Windows2000 professional was installed on first 30 GB of the HD (on hda1). Then on hda3 (10GB ) I installed Debian3.0 (current stable) using compact floppies and then via ftp. I chose (in the end of the installation process) to use menu version of LILO and t

Re: LILO problem.

2002-06-07 Thread Steve Haslam
On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 10:40:31PM +0200, Joachim Fahnenmueller wrote: > Hi, > > there is only _one_ boot sector for the whole harddisk (e. g. hda). > So you have the following options: > 1. Install lilo in the harddisk's MBR. It can boot windoze as well, as >Paul explained. Uh, you *can* i

Re: LILO problem.

2002-06-06 Thread Joachim Fahnenmueller
On Thu, Jun 06, 2002 at 11:12:48AM -0400, Ming Feng Gu wrote: ( ... ) > I am installing the testing version of debian. during the installation of > LILO, I choose to install it in the boot sector of hda2, which is my Linux > root partition (hda1 is windows 98). Hi, there is only _one_ boot sector

Re: LILO problem.

2002-06-06 Thread Paul Scott
Ming Feng Gu wrote: Hi, All, Here is my problem: I am installing the testing version of debian. during the installation of LILO, I choose to install it in the boot sector of hda2, which is my Linux root partition (hda1 is windows 98). after that, it asks me whether I want to install a new boot

LILO problem.

2002-06-06 Thread Ming Feng Gu
Hi, All, Here is my problem: I am installing the testing version of debian. during the installation of LILO, I choose to install it in the boot sector of hda2, which is my Linux root partition (hda1 is windows 98). after that, it asks me whether I want to install a new boot manager in the MBR, I

Re: lilo problem

2002-02-24 Thread Rudy Gevaert
Hello, I got sid working! *jump* Thanks to Alvin! -- Rudy Gevaert - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.webworm.org - keyserverID=24DC49C6 - http://www.zeus.rug.ac.be Private mail with incorrect quoting behavior will remain unanswered The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with

Re: lilo problem

2002-02-23 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya > I thought you had install Sid (and its kernel) on its own partition. So the > Sid kernel surely isn't in the /boot directory of your Red Hat ! > just many ways to skinn the cat... while booted on say /dev/hda1...( deb ) put all your "kernels" in /boot of the distro you wann

Re: lilo problem - / problem

2002-02-23 Thread Rudy Gevaert
On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 06:07:58PM -0800, Alvin Oga wrote: Thanks for the tips, I'll try it Mondag asap! (I'm now home and dont have acces to my computer at uni) -- Rudy Gevaert - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.webworm.org - keyserverID=24DC49C6 - http://www.zeus.rug.ac.be Priv

Re: lilo problem

2002-02-23 Thread frxx3
- Original Message - From: "Rudy Gevaert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Alvin Oga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Rudy Gevaert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Sent: Friday, February 22, 2002 3:47 PM Subject: Re: lilo problem > Wel, I removed the initrd lin

Re: lilo problem

2002-02-22 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya rudy - first test that the sid kernel boots and oyu have sid running... by putting it onto floppy...and boot off floppy - sometimes it might not boot till you rdev the boot floppy ( the part i am wondering about for your kernel & system - once you know sid boots and redha

Re: lilo problem - / problem

2002-02-22 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya rudy if you "use" a precompiled kernel... you have to tell it where / is on the new machine... otherwise you do get those "kernel panics" and "no init found" - i always make a kernel on the target... and copy it around but if you copy that kernel to flippy... that floppy should bo

Re: lilo problem

2002-02-22 Thread Rudy Gevaert
On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 12:48:05PM -0500, Bob Thibodeau wrote: > I'm just coming into the thread, but if you had your initrd= > in the main section of lilo.conf, try putting it > in the image section of your Sid kernel. That way, > no other kernel will try to use it. Where should I put the init im

Re: lilo problem

2002-02-22 Thread Bob Thibodeau
I'm just coming into the thread, but if you had your initrd= in the main section of lilo.conf, try putting it in the image section of your Sid kernel. That way, no other kernel will try to use it. Bob On Fri, Feb 22, 2002 at 03:47:53PM +0100, Rudy Gevaert wrote: > Hello, > > Due to some workloa

Re: lilo problem

2002-02-22 Thread Rudy Gevaert
Hello, Due to some workload I've only had the time to look at this now. On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 05:12:12AM -0800, Alvin Oga wrote: > > hi ya > > if it hands on "ramdisk"... remove that initrd line... > and/or make sure the file exists as typed Wel, I removed the initrd line from lilo.conf, and

Re: lilo problem

2002-02-21 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya if it hands on "ramdisk"... remove that initrd line... and/or make sure the file exists as typed initrd is not needed if your kernel has all the hardware drivers needed to boot... i dont think a new kernel in sid ( hdc ) will solve anything for redhat stuff in hda... if you're referring

Re: lilo problem

2002-02-21 Thread Rudy Gevaert
On Thu, Feb 21, 2002 at 04:08:43AM -0800, Alvin Oga wrote: > > jo ua to get sid running ... > > for simplicity, just add these lines to lilo.conf on hda ( redhat's lilo ) > > # > # boot sid instead > #copy hdc:/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.xx to hda:/boot > # > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.xxx >

Re: lilo problem

2002-02-21 Thread Alvin Oga
jo ua to get sid running ... for simplicity, just add these lines to lilo.conf on hda ( redhat's lilo ) # # boot sid instead # copy hdc:/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.xx to hda:/boot # image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.xxx label=DebianSid initrd=/boot/initrd-2.2.14-5.0.img read-onl

lilo problem

2002-02-21 Thread Rudy Gevaert
Hello, I just installed a new hd (hdc), and put Sid on it. Because I have some bad experiences with lilo (always my mistake), I boot now from floppy to get to my Sid. This is what I have on hdc: /dev/hdc6 / /dev/hdc1 /boot /dev/hdc7 swap /dev/hdc2 /usr /dev/hdc3 /home /dev/hdc5 /v

Re: LILO problem on recent 2.4.x kernels

2001-10-23 Thread Stefan Alfredsson
Better not downgrade to 2.4.9, as it is also vulnerable. See below. Regards, Stefan Quoting Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [23 Oct-01 19:08]: > On Tue, 23 Oct 2001 15:23, you wrote: > > Quoting Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [23 Oct-01 15:08]: > > > 2) Prepare an upgrade to 2.4.12 or a do

LILO problem on recent 2.4.x kernels

2001-10-23 Thread Russell Coker
Recently I have been receiving a number of bug reports of LILO upgrades unexpectedly resulting in a non-bootable system. I have just received the following message which purports to explain it. If your system matches the below description (2.4.10 kernel with first partition being Ext2 and havi

LILO problem on Woody

2001-07-23 Thread David Goodenough
I see from the archives that there have been problems with LILO and Woody. Have they been resolved? I took my (text only) 2.2r3 + 2.4.5 upgrade system which worked quite happily and tried to upgrade to Woody. Using dselect failed (template parse errors) but using apt-get upgrade and then apt-get

Re: lilo problem

2001-07-22 Thread Frank Zimmermann
Fallen Lord wrote: 3.)Do i need to upgrade pppd if i use kernel 2.4.x? wvdial won't connect - something like "invalid argument" reflects in the /var/logs/message file. what do i need to do? is there a better way to connect via dial-up than wvdial? if so, how? Check out the Debian Website.

Re: lilo problem

2001-07-22 Thread Joost Kooij
On Sun, Jul 22, 2001 at 01:31:20AM -0700, Fallen Lord wrote: > 1.)i just upgraded (force-overwrite) libc6-2.1.3 and > libdb2 that comes with the debian 2.2r3 with the > testing packages of libc6-2.2.3 and libdb2-2.7. Be very careful with any of the --force options to dpkg, they're not supposed to

Re: lilo problem

2001-07-22 Thread harshu
hi, > > 1.)i just upgraded (force-overwrite) libc6-2.1.3 and > libdb2 that comes with the debian 2.2r3 with the > testing packages of libc6-2.2.3 and libdb2-2.7. > after that i recompiled kernel 2.4.7pre3. when i ran > lilo, it flashed out a message "open /vmlinuz - no > such file or directory" w

lilo problem

2001-07-22 Thread Fallen Lord
hello! i'm a fourth-yr comp. sci. student from the university of the phils. manila. i've just installed debian gnu/linux a month ago, and i'm very satisfied not to see another BSOD from windows again. After tinkering the pc, here are some of the stumbling blocks i encountered: 1.)i just upgraded

Re: lilo problem after kernel install: LIL-

2001-06-11 Thread ktb
On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 08:04:16PM -0500, ktb wrote: > On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 04:54:04PM +, Anthony Fairchild wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > I recently upgraded all packages necessary to install a 2.4.x kernel on my > > Debian 2.2 laptop. After downloading, compiling, and installing the 2.4.5

Re: lilo problem after kernel install: LIL-

2001-06-11 Thread ktb
On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 04:54:04PM +, Anthony Fairchild wrote: > Hello all, > > I recently upgraded all packages necessary to install a 2.4.x kernel on my > Debian 2.2 laptop. After downloading, compiling, and installing the 2.4.5 > kernel I rebooted and was greeted with a screen reading only

Re: lilo problem after kernel install: LIL-

2001-06-11 Thread D-Man
On Mon, Jun 11, 2001 at 04:54:04PM +, Anthony Fairchild wrote: | Hello all, | | I recently upgraded all packages necessary to install a 2.4.x kernel on my | Debian 2.2 laptop. After downloading, compiling, and installing the 2.4.5 | kernel I rebooted and was greeted with a screen reading only

lilo problem after kernel install: LIL-

2001-06-11 Thread Anthony Fairchild
Hello all, I recently upgraded all packages necessary to install a 2.4.x kernel on my Debian 2.2 laptop. After downloading, compiling, and installing the 2.4.5 kernel I rebooted and was greeted with a screen reading only "LIL-". I have a boot floppy made when I originally installed and was able t

Re: weird lilo problem

2001-05-24 Thread V.Suresh
Can you mail your /etc/lilo.conf? Once upon a time, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> found a keyboard. And typed: >i have encountered an odd lilo problem. > >i have a scsi HD (linux) and an IDE HD (win2k). > >i configure lilo, run lilo, and it reports

Re: weird lilo problem

2001-05-24 Thread mdevin
On Thu, May 24, 2001 at 03:15:08AM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > i have encountered an odd lilo problem. > > i have a scsi HD (linux) and an IDE HD (win2k). > > i configure lilo, run lilo, and it reports no errors. > > reboot, and lilo hangs. > > unplug IDE dr

weird lilo problem

2001-05-24 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
i have encountered an odd lilo problem. i have a scsi HD (linux) and an IDE HD (win2k). i configure lilo, run lilo, and it reports no errors. reboot, and lilo hangs. unplug IDE drive, run lilo again, and it reports no errors. plug IDE drive back in, and lilo boots linux normally. in fact, i

Re: Lilo problem after kernel reinstall: LIL-

2001-04-26 Thread Osamu Aoki
On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 07:59:15AM -0700, Tiarnan O'Corrain wrote: > Thanks to all who replied. Here's what I did in the end > (not having a rescue disk and being too ashamed to admit it)... You do not need rescue disk made during installation for this. If you have boot floppy for installation or

Re: Lilo problem after kernel reinstall: LIL-

2001-04-26 Thread Tiarnan O'Corrain
Thanks to all who replied. Here's what I did in the end (not having a rescue disk and being too ashamed to admit it)... Downloaded Tom's Root and Boot disk http://www.toms.net/rb/ Booted using tomsrtbt and since I had no concrete idea what the partition table looked like (head once more bowed i

Re: Lilo problem after kernel reinstall: LIL-

2001-04-26 Thread Russell Coker
On Thursday 26 April 2001 12:14, Tiarnan O'Corrain wrote: > I recompiled my kernel 2.4.2, and did all of the System.map, > vmlinuz copying, then ran LILO (which seemed quite happy). > However, when I boot the computer, I get the following prompt, > after which it freezes: > LIL- > > Any ideas abo

Re: Lilo problem after kernel reinstall: LIL-

2001-04-26 Thread Russell Coker
On Thursday 26 April 2001 15:37, Andrew D Dixon wrote: > Tiarnan O'Corrain wrote: > > Hey all... > > > > I recompiled my kernel 2.4.2, and did all of the System.map, > > vmlinuz copying, then ran LILO (which seemed quite happy). > > However, when I boot the computer, I get the following prompt, > >

Re: Lilo problem after kernel reinstall: LIL-

2001-04-26 Thread Andrew D Dixon
Tiarnan O'Corrain wrote: > Hey all... > > I recompiled my kernel 2.4.2, and did all of the System.map, > vmlinuz copying, then ran LILO (which seemed quite happy). > However, when I boot the computer, I get the following prompt, > after which it freezes: > LIL- > I had a similar problem. Mine

Re: Lilo problem after kernel reinstall: LIL-

2001-04-26 Thread Mark Janssen
On Thu, Apr 26, 2001 at 03:14:16AM -0700, Tiarnan O'Corrain wrote: > Hey all... > > I recompiled my kernel 2.4.2, and did all of the System.map, > vmlinuz copying, then ran LILO (which seemed quite happy). > However, when I boot the computer, I get the following prompt, > after which it freezes: >

Lilo problem after kernel reinstall: LIL-

2001-04-26 Thread Tiarnan O'Corrain
Hey all... I recompiled my kernel 2.4.2, and did all of the System.map, vmlinuz copying, then ran LILO (which seemed quite happy). However, when I boot the computer, I get the following prompt, after which it freezes: LIL- Any ideas about this? I have more than one kernel on the system, so it s

Re: Lilo problem

2001-01-24 Thread ktb
On Wed, Jan 24, 2001 at 02:13:22PM -0800, Omar Shuja Siddiqui wrote: > hi > i have installed linux many times but there is just > one problem that i am facing, that is writing lilo to > the mbr. every time the installation is successful the > lio prompt does not show up when the pc reboots , but >

Re: Lilo problem

2001-01-24 Thread RAccess
On Wed, 24 Jan 2001, Omar Shuja Siddiqui wrote: > hi > i have installed linux many times but there is just > one problem that i am facing, that is writing lilo to > the mbr. every time the installation is successful the > lio prompt does not show up when the pc reboots , but > it only comes up wi

Lilo problem

2001-01-24 Thread Omar Shuja Siddiqui
hi i have installed linux many times but there is just one problem that i am facing, that is writing lilo to the mbr. every time the installation is successful the lio prompt does not show up when the pc reboots , but it only comes up with the boot floppy. how can i write lilo to the mbr as i dono

Woody Lilo problem

2001-01-22 Thread Gernot Bauer
Hi, I just updated my debian woody (testing) installation with dselect and when it tries to install the new lilo-version, I get the following errors: > Configuring packages ... /var/lib/debconf//config.1295: > /usr/sbin/lilo_find_mbr: No such file or directory > lilo failed to configure, with e

Re: LILO Problem

2001-01-12 Thread Bob Billson
On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 04:05:49PM +0700, Oki DZ wrote: > > Sorry, guess I didn't make myself clear. I should have said does grub > > have the equivalent of lilo's /etc/lilo.conf where an equivalent 'append=' > > line goes? That avoids have to press 'c' and entry to info. > > Yes, it's the /boot

Re: LILO Problem

2001-01-12 Thread Oki DZ
Bob Billson wrote: On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 08:05:13AM +0700, Oki DZ wrote: well actually two questions. First, is it easy to pass parameters to the kernel like with lilo.conf's 'append='? Yes, just press "c" when grub's menu shows (spending time for the defined delay). Sorry, guess I

Re: LILO Problem

2001-01-12 Thread Bob Billson
On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 07:57:58PM -0800, Dale Morris wrote: > Big learning curve here. Actually, it's not as bad it seems. :-) > I just checked and it is on the secondary controller. What now? Good. Moving the drive should be fairly straightforward. Excuse me if it is a bit longish. Easier t

Re: LILO Problem

2001-01-11 Thread Dale Morris
Big learning curve here. I only have the one drive and when I hooked it to the mb I undoubtedly wired it up wrong. I just checked and it is on the secondary controller. What now? Can I just hook it up properly, change the fstab to read hda, then reboot or do I have to move partitions from hdc to hd

Re: LILO Problem

2001-01-11 Thread Bob Billson
On Fri, Jan 12, 2001 at 08:05:13AM +0700, Oki DZ wrote: > > well actually two questions. First, is it easy to pass parameters to the > > kernel like with lilo.conf's 'append='? > > Yes, just press "c" when grub's menu shows (spending time for the > defined delay). Sorry, guess I didn't make m

Re: LILO Problem

2001-01-11 Thread Oki DZ
Bob Billson wrote: On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 09:18:22PM +0100, Cliff Sarginson wrote: I have used grub and it is simplicity itself to setup .. and very, very good. I was thinking about trying out grub in place of lilo on my machine. One well actually two questions. First, is it easy to pass

Re: LILO Problem

2001-01-11 Thread Oki DZ
On Thu, 11 Jan 2001, Andrea Vettorello wrote: > Dale Morris wrote: > > > I'm having a problem with LILO. I have windows installed in the first > > partition on my hd but somehow have wiped out the mbr. I've also tried to > > compile the new 2.4 kernel, but am getting the following error: > > cat

Re: LILO Problem

2001-01-11 Thread Bob Billson
On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 09:18:22PM +0100, Cliff Sarginson wrote: > I have used grub and it is simplicity itself to setup .. and > very, very good. I was thinking about trying out grub in place of lilo on my machine. One well actually two questions. First, is it easy to pass parameters to the ker

RE: LILO Problem

2001-01-11 Thread Joris Lambrecht
y, January 11, 2001 9:18 PM To: Andrea Vettorello Cc: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: LILO Problem On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 06:28:53PM +0100, Andrea Vettorello wrote: > Dale Morris wrote: > > > I'm having a problem with LILO. I have windows installed in the first > &g

Re: LILO Problem

2001-01-11 Thread Cliff Sarginson
On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 06:28:53PM +0100, Andrea Vettorello wrote: > Dale Morris wrote: > > > I'm having a problem with LILO. I have windows installed in the first > > partition on my hd but somehow have wiped out the mbr. I've also tried to > > compile the new 2.4 kernel, but am getting the follo

Re: LILO Problem

2001-01-11 Thread D-Man
On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 06:54:58PM +0100, Robert Waldner wrote: | On Thu, 11 Jan 2001 12:44:18 EST, D-Man writes: | >C: hda1 | >D: hda2 | >E: hdb1 | >F: hdb2 | | DOS values primary partitions higher than everything else, so that | would be: | | C: hda1 | D: hdb1 | E: hda2 | F: h

Re: LILO Problem

2001-01-11 Thread Bob Billson
On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 01:10:41PM -0500, Bob Billson wrote: > Thanks. From the snip from Dale's dmesg it appears he only has only physical > drive. Sorry, I'm cixelsyd today. I meant to say "appears he only has one physical drive".

Re: LILO Problem

2001-01-11 Thread Bob Billson
On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 12:44:18PM -0500, D-Man wrote: > Close but not exactly. In MSDOS/Windows C:, D:, etc refer to > partitions. Right you are. I stand corrected. I was thinking of each physical MSDOS drive and forgot to consider partitions. [snip] > This is just to clear up a possible mi

Re: LILO Problem

2001-01-11 Thread Andrea Vettorello
Dale Morris wrote: > I'm having a problem with LILO. I have windows installed in the first > partition on my hd but somehow have wiped out the mbr. I've also tried to > compile the new 2.4 kernel, but am getting the following error: > cat bzImage > /vmlinuz > cp /usr/src/linux/System.map / > if [

Re: LILO Problem

2001-01-11 Thread Robert Waldner
On Thu, 11 Jan 2001 12:44:18 EST, D-Man writes: >C: hda1 >D: hda2 >E: hdb1 >F: hdb2 DOS values primary partitions higher than everything else, so that would be: C: hda1 D: hdb1 E: hda2 F: hdb2 eg when you have 3 partitions per drive: C: hda1 D: hdb1 E: hda2 F:

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