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This looks exactly like the issue I reported last week with beta 1... /me wonders if lilo has been updated yet? > http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4539 > > Product: Installation > Component: Installation > Summary: Lilo couldn't be written when a previous Lilo exists > Product: Installation > Version: 1.816 > Platform: PC > URL: http://stibs.cc > OS/Version: All > Status: UNCONFIRMED > Severity: minor > Priority: P3 > Component: Installation > AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Hi! > MDK 9.2 Beta2 installation routine CD1 failed to write the LILO bootrecord. > Hardware: Athlon 1100XP, 256 MB, Seagate 40810A, Riva TNT 16 MB, cheap > Elitegroup mobo (Controller: AMD 751/756 Viper), DM9102 Nic > > Previous install was a Knoppix 3.2, Lilo in MBR > During install of 9.2b2 from CD I changed the whole harddisk layout > manually, then Lilo should be written to MBR, it failed. I tried to write > it to a floppy without a floppy in the drive, it gave me the same failure > description like with the harddisk ... didn't write it down unfortunately. > Looked like it couldnt recognize the hdd as a medium to write a boot > record. > > Then I skipped it and rebooted after successful install into Expert mode > installation from CD, Automatic writing of Lilo worked now I guess, in the > Summary of settings I choose Grub ... worked for the next reboot. > > Then I changed again back to Lilo with MCC, worked as well but Lilo isn't > shown in the information line on top of the MCC bootmanager part: You use > "" as bootmanager at the moment! shows up. > > I guess this is a minor problem that cannot happen on each PC. > Cheers! > STIBS - -- Mark Watts Senior Systems Engineer QinetiQ TIM St Andrews Road, Malvern GPG Public Key ID: 455420ED -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/MgrwBn4EFUVUIO0RAsexAJ9mxrcdBgbqBrJKr+ZHB854FWgRhgCfUe7e tlcvbyujsSvlTD+V1mMAP4k= =wrVD -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
