On Mon, Dec 20, 2004 at 09:24:58PM +0800, shang wrote: > 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 these two files > under Win98: > > > But with it I can??t reach the file lilo.conf in the hard disk. > There??re five options after booting with this floppy All you've really done is create a kernel. You haven't create an evironment that would let you edit lilo.conf > F1-Main, F2-Options, F3-General, F4-Kernel, F5-Rescue > > But after choosing F5 I can't continue at this stage: > > What type of media contains the packages to be installed? You still need to go through part of the "installation" phase to get a working rescue environment. > I don't want to reinstall Linux, but edit lilo.conf. In other words, > how can I get to the normal shell command mode and reach my hard disk? You won't be re-installing, but you do need to point the "installer" at a distribution so it can build enough to allow you to edit lilo.conf. The rescue mode should be documented in the online docs - it hasn't really changed since 7.1 to current RHEL releases. -- Ed Wilts, RHCE Mounds View, MN, USA mailto:ewilts@xxxxxxxxxx Member #1, Red Hat Community Ambassador Program -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
