Thanks. But I can't continue at this stage: What type of media contains the packages to be installed? Local CDROM Hard drive NFS image FTP HTTP I don't want to reinstall Linux, but edit lilo.conf. In other words, how can I get to the normal shell command mode? Thanks ----- Original Message ----- From: "IAK Tanoli" <sendtoimtiaz@xxxxxxxxx> To: "General Red Hat Linux discussion list" <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 3:10 PM Subject: Re: boot with floppy > > boot with rescue mode.... your root partition will be > mount under /mnt/sysimage. if not then mount root > partition of your hard drive and edit the file. > > --- shang <xia.shang@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > my Redhat 7.1 doesn¡¯t boot, so I want to edit > > lilo.conf after booting with a boot floppy. This > > boot disk was created with two files under Win98: > > > > > > > > > ftp://ftp.rz.uni-kiel.de/pub2/linux/redhat/9/en/os/i386/images/bootdisk.img > > > > and rawrite.exe > > > > > > > > But with it I can¡¯t reach the file lilo.conf in the > > hard disk. There¡¯re five options after booting with > > this floppy > > > > > > > > F1-Main, F2-Options, F3-General, F4-Kernel, > > F5-Rescue > > > > > > > > Which one should I choose? > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > Shang > > > > > -- > > redhat-list mailing list > > unsubscribe > > > mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > ===== > -- > > ________________ > Imtiaz Ahmed Khan > Sr. System Consultant > ANTS Consultiing > > > Org: ANTS Consulting > URL: http://ants.com.pk/ > Eml: sendtoimtiaz@xxxxxxxxx > Mob: +92300-2128278 > ___________________________________ > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! > http://my.yahoo.com > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list