L 80 80 80 80, etc. on boot

Hello, I've done a potato install but can't boot from the hard disk (have the floppy boot working OK tho'). I get the above message (L 80 80 80 continuosly). Is there a way to fix this? I installed lilo diecrtly onto the mbr. Help! Martin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: L 80 80 80 80, etc. on boot

Martin Edward John Waller wrote: I've done a potato install but can't boot from the hard disk (have the floppy boot working OK tho'). I get the above message (L 80 80 80 continuosly). Is there a way to fix this? I installed lilo diecrtly onto the mbr. Does the information in

RE: L 80 80 80 80, etc. on boot

statements will help. justin -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin Edward John Waller Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 6:26 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: L 80 80 80 80, etc. on boot Hello, I've done a potato install but can't boot

Re: L 80 80 80 80, etc. on boot

On 0, Seneca Cunningham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Martin Edward John Waller wrote: I've done a potato install but can't boot from the hard disk (have the floppy boot working OK tho'). I get the above message (L 80 80 80 continuosly). Is there a way to fix this? I installed lilo

Re: L 80 80 80 80, etc. on boot

hi ya simple tests to do next ??? - get a boot media, floppy or bootable cdrom etc - dd if=/boot/vmlinuz of=/dev/fd0 rdev /dev/fd0 /dev/hda where your / is - than fix lilo - make sure oyu have lba32 - turn off linear - rerun lilo - make sure / is 1024