In your email to me, [EMAIL PROTECTED], you wrote: > > after installing debian on sdb (the second drive in scsi based > machine - scsi id2), lilo went and performed its installation to > /dev/sdb, not /dev/sda ... woe is me - now I'll need to use a floppy > to boot... > > I only can boot this machine from the floppy now. Can I tell lilo > to install itself to the first SCSI disk (/dev/sda) on this machine?
Yes. This is quite easy. This is one problem that I have with the way Debian installs lilo. Edit /etc/lilo.conf, and change the first line to read boot=/dev/sda Save the file, then run 'lilo'. It should respond back something like Added Linux* Reboot, and you should be all set. IF you happen to get just LI when you reboot, boot back with the floppy, and add the line linear right before the line that starts 'delay=', and rerun 'lilo'. This should be what you need. Tim -- (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] / (home) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.buoy.com/~tps Actually, I *do* know everything. I just don't get paid enough to show it. ** Disclaimer: My views/comments/beliefs, as strange as they are, are my own.** -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
