Dan Brown wrote:
Again, it's not "/sbin/lilo", it's "/mnt/sbin/lilo". Your /sbin
directory contains only what's on the rescue disk, which (as you know)
doesn't include lilo. /mnt/sbin is the /sbin directory on your normal
system, and that's where you'd need to run lilo from. You don't
On Wed, 08 Sep 1999, you wrote:
Dan Brown wrote:
Again, it's not "/sbin/lilo", it's "/mnt/sbin/lilo". Your /sbin
directory contains only what's on the rescue disk, which (as you know)
doesn't include lilo. /mnt/sbin is the /sbin directory on your normal
system, and that's where you'd
You'll need to point lilo to the right config file: try
bash# /mnt/sbin/lilo -C /mnt/etc/lilo.conf
This tells lilo to use the config file /mnt/etc/lilo.conf.
You may also want to symbolically link /mnt/boot as /boot, because your
old config file points to /boot for all it's info. If you
On Wed, 08 Sep 1999, you wrote:
In another reply you daid after i had placed the second disk i could
mount a directory, now i have mentioned i have no experiance with
mandrake.
Let me give you an example of what happens with slackare,
Any boot disk image can be used, ithere are quite a few
Dan Brown wrote:
From: Idris Samawi Hamid [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"bash# /mnt/sbin/lilo /mnt/etc/lilo.conf" did not work. In fact, some
commands
like "cat" worked while others like "more", "sulogin", "startx" and "vi"
did not
("Command not found"), although I could find these executables
On Mon, 06 Sep 1999, you wrote:
Dear folks:
I recently had to reinstall Windows after it began seriously
misbehaving, but lost lilo in the process. Now I can't get Mandrake 5.2
to boot up. I tried using the rescue disk, got to the #bash prompt, but
have no idea what to do next. I tried
Dear folks
John Connell wrote:
At the bash prompt try typing in "su" you should then get a
"[root@localhost root]#" prompt, then try typing "startx" and see if that
does anything.
I meant to say "/sbin/lilo" then type in "reboot."
Well, "su" was not a recognised command from #bash.
If not make another disk from your distribution cdrom or source.
Sorry to bug you but: What kind of disk? I already tried making a boot disk
(and could not), I made a rescue disk, and my installation disk works fine.
How do I make the disk you are talking about?
Thanks again
Idris
Idris Samawi Hamid wrote:
Well, "su" was not a recognised command from #bash. Neither was "mkbootdisk"
nor "/sbin/lilo". Just to be clear: using the rawrite utility in DOS I
OK, then try this:
bash# mkdir /mnt
bash# mount /dev/hda1 [or whatever is your root filesystem] /mnt
bash#
On Tue, 07 Sep 1999, you wrote:
If not make another disk from your distribution cdrom or source.
Sorry to bug you but: What kind of disk? I already tried making a boot disk
(and could not), I made a rescue disk, and my installation disk works fine.
How do I make the disk you are talking
Dear folks:
I recently had to reinstall Windows after it began seriously
misbehaving, but lost lilo in the process. Now I can't get Mandrake 5.2
to boot up. I tried using the rescue disk, got to the #bash prompt, but
have no idea what to do next. I tried reinstalling lilo from the CD
(using the
From: Idris Samawi Hamid [EMAIL PROTECTED]
misbehaving, but lost lilo in the process. Now I can't get Mandrake 5.2
to boot up. I tried using the rescue disk, got to the #bash prompt, but
have no idea what to do next. I tried reinstalling lilo from the CD
...and you didn't have a boot
Idris Samawi Hamid wrote:
Dear folks:
I recently had to reinstall Windows after it began seriously
misbehaving, but lost lilo in the process. Now I can't get Mandrake 5.2
to boot up. I tried using the rescue disk, got to the #bash prompt, but
have no idea what to do next. I tried
r 06, 1999 9:20 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] losing lilo
From: Idris Samawi Hamid [EMAIL PROTECTED]
misbehaving, but lost lilo in the process. Now I can't get Mandrake 5.2
to boot up. I tried using the rescue disk, got to the #bash prompt, but
have no idea what to do next. I tried
misbehaving, but lost lilo in the process. Now I can't get Mandrake 5.2
to boot up. I tried using the rescue disk, got to the #bash prompt, but
have no idea what to do next. I tried reinstalling lilo from the CD
...and you didn't have a boot disk made? Too bad, makes the process a
From: Andy Goth [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mkbootdisk {kernel-version} will make a boot disk for me? I made one,
but I can't seem to find it. Now I want another one...
Yes, it will. Rather a nice feature actually. Just be careful--if
you're running (for example) 2.2.9-19mdk, you need to
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