Thanks. Please tell me which one I can use for a floppy directly. I've been spending so much time in searching. Or can you give me some links to this subject. I appreciate you all very much. Shang ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Wilts" <ewilts@xxxxxxxxxx> To: "General Red Hat Linux discussion list" <redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 10:47 PM Subject: Re: boot floppy > 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 > -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
