> Date: Fri, 09 Jan 1998 15:02:08 -0500 > From: Bruce Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > Subject: LILO stopped working
> I normally leave my computer on all the time. Just the other day I > rebooted and LILO would not work. It prints LI on the screen and then > freezes. I have not rebooted my computer in a few weeks and much has > changed. I am running 2.0.33 with LILO 20-0.1. I have tried running > LILO off of a floppy and that does not work. The drive is a Quantum > SCSI disk of 3.2 gb with a 2.0 gb linux partition at the beginning. Any > one have any ideas? > > Bruce, This has happened to me a few times, ususally because the kernel has been touched, either moved or compiled. LILO has in effect a pointer to the sector where the kernel resides. Doing anything to the kernel will usually result in it being in a different sector. Time to dig out the emergency disk, mount the disk partition that is root on / and do LILO again. For what its worth, I decided a long time ago to direct LILO to put it's stuff on a floppy. I got into too many scary senario's dickering with the MBR. Good Luck, Steve Stephen Millard Websmith Enterprises Inc. Harrisburg, Pa. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .