On Monday 19 February 2007 00:01, Lance Hoffmeyer wrote: > Hey all, > > I have an old problem that I now wish to fix since I have just upgraded > my file server. I can boot the server from a floppy but when I try to > boot directly from the Hard Drive all I get is 01 01 01 01 ... > > I have booted from the floppy and rerun lilo -v > OUTPUT: > Reading boot sector from /dev/hda1 > Merging with /boot/boot-menu-b ... > > I have checked and /dev/hda1 is bootable > > in lilo.conf > > boot = /dev/hda1 > root = /dev/hda1
Just checked my lilo.conf on another machine (not my 64-bit one, which is using grub) and this has: boot=/dev/hda root=/dev/hda3 (I've a small /boot partition and a swap partition in hda1 and hda2 respectively, so hda3 is the root partition). I think you normally want lilo to install in the MBR, which would be /dev/hda and not hda1. You only install lilo into an actual partition if you are using it as a secondary bootstrap loader which gets called up by some other bootstrap loader (such as Windows' NTLDR). If you're single-booting Debian then you definitely want lilo installed in the MBR. It's easy to fix; just boot from some other media, mount your usual drives under some convenient mountpoint, chroot to there, run lilo and remember to EXIT FROM THE CHROOT WITH CTRL+D before you reboot. (If you don't exit the chroot, the changes you made could get lost.) -- AJS delta echo bravo six four at earthshod dot co dot uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]