Kaj,
I followed your instructions...didn't help. :(
/sbin/lilo results were:
Added linux *
Added linux-nonfb
Added failsafe
Added floppy
lilo.conf is:
boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
vga=normal
default=linux
keytable=/boot/us.klt
lba32
prompt
timeout=100
message=/boot/message
menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=linux
root=/dev/hda1
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append=" hdd=ide-scsi devfs=mount quiet"
vga=normal
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=linux-nonfb
root=/dev/hda1
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append=" hdd=ide-scsi devfs=mount"
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=failsafe
root=/dev/hda1
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append=" hdd=ide-scsi devfs=mount failsafe"
read-only
other=/dev/fd0
label=floppy
unsafe
fstab is:
/dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults 1 1
none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0
/dev/hdb7 /home ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto
user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,exec,codepage=850,ro,noauto 0 0
/dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom2 auto
user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,exec,codepage=850,ro,noauto 0 0
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto
user,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,sync,exec,codepage=850,noauto 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hdb5 /usr ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/hdb1 /var ext3 defaults 1 2
/dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0
/dev/hdb6 swap swap defaults 0 0
Thanks for your help.
Bryan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kaj Haulrich
> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 4:41 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.1 won't boot from hard drive
>
>
> Mozy wrote:
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > After installing Mandrake 8.1 on a Dell Dimension XPS T500 with
> two IDE CD
> > drives (one a CDRW) and two IDE hard drives (Western Digital
> and Maxtor) I
> > can't get the system to boot without using a boot disk. During
> the install
> > Grub was supposed to have been installed in the MBR. I tried various
> > partitioning schemes, I even tried using LILO instead of Grub, all to no
> > avail.
> >
> > Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong? I have the system up
> and running
> > just fine, I just don't like having to rely on a boot disk to
> boot up...not
> > that I have to reboot that often. :)
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Bryan
> >
>
> Bryan, IMHO Grub is not very mature, at least I had a headache figuring
> it out and never got it working properly anyhow. Try this : run KDE or
> Gnome, open "Control Center", become root, click "Boot", then "Boot
> Config". Now, in the upper, right corner, click "Configure", select
> lilo, and then the place where your MBR shall live, i.e. "/dev/hda".
> Make additional adjustments to your liking, save everything and exit.
> That is supposed to be all. As an extra precaution, I would open a
> console, become root once again, and then type the command :
> "/sbin/lilo" (everything withour the quotes,of course). The output from
> lilo should tell you if everything is OK. If you have further trouble,
> please post your "/etc/lilo.conf" and "/etc/fstab" to the list.
>
> HTH
>
> Kaj Haulrich
>
>
>
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