On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 12:37:09PM -0500, Bryan wrote: > Hello, I have been searching the list archives before submitting my question > and since I didn't find an answer that correctly fit what I'm looking for, > I'm now trying a direct question. > > > > I read some messages regarding lilo boot error at boot time where the screen > only shows an L_ with the blinking cursor and no disk activity. The hard > drive I'm using is a 10GB, so I tried turning LBA on and off in bios with no > difference. If I have to redo my lilo configuration file, how do I do this > when I can't get into a shell or editor to do this in the first place? > > > > I have a boot disk, which will boot, but after it tries to load the vmlinuz > file, it gets an error: 'boot failed: please change disks and press a key to > continue.' When the boot disk first starts, it gives a boot: prompt and a > message above it says that you can type 'linux <params>' to override linux > kernel parameters. Is this where I could get into an editor to edit the > linux.conf file? If so, what is the command? When I installed linux (the > 3rd time now), I made sure to set the lilo boot location on the MBR as per > reading another article on this list. > > > > Oh, when I put the 1st install cd and reboot, and type in 'linux rescue', it > will get into some kind of shell, but I think it's reading from the cd > because there is no 'linux.conf' file in the /etc/ directory as well as many > other files referenced in other messages to fix these same problems. > > > > In the floppy boot disk that was made during initial installation, I can see > in a configuration file called 'syslinux.cfg' the settings that are in the > lilo file. The append line reads: iniitrd=initrd.img hdd=ide-scsi > root=/dev/hdb2. If this is the only hard drive, shouldn't it be > root=/dev/hdb0? I've tried changing it, with the same message. > > > > I would appreciate any help from you guys who have been through all this > before. > > > > Thanks, Normally when you use linux rescue you are asked somewhere in the process whether you want you linux partitions mounted. It tells you where they will be mounted. Something like: /mnt/sysimage Then you do a chroot /mnt/sysimage and you will be using your linux system as if it was loaded on / Then you can find /etc/lilo.conf, run lilo, etc. I would be sure you are using LBA. L- normally means that the secondary lilo loader can't be reached. -- ------------------------------------------- Aaron Konstam Computer Science Trinity University One Trinity Place. San Antonio, TX 78212-7200 telephone: (210)-999-7484 email:akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxx -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list
