Boot up with the boot disk, and run /sbin/lilo again. On Fri, 6 Feb 1998, Chris Buxton wrote:
> I've just installed Debian on my computer. I'm having trouble booting > without using a boot disk. > > Debian's the only operating system on the internal (EIDE) hard drive. Win95 > is on an external (SCSI) hard drive. > > The internal drive is 2.5 GB, partitioned as follows: > > hda1 - 128 MB - swap partition, located at the end of the drive > hda2 - 1023 MB - /, located at the beginning of the drive > hda3 - everything else - /usr/, located in the middle > > The BIOS is set to LBA translation. > > When I boot from the drive, instead of the usual meaningful hardware-probe > messages, I get a prompt: > > 2FA: > > If I hit enter, it repeats itself. If I press 2, the hard drive light comes > on, but nothing happens. If I press F, it checks the floppy drive for a > bootable partition. If I press A, the prompt changes to: > > 1234F: > > Again, F boots from the floppy drive if I've inserted my boot floppy. > Pressing one of the listed digits makes the hard drive light come on, but > nothing else happens. > > This isn't what I'm used to seeing from LILO on a working (Slackware) > system. So what's going on? > > ________________________________ > Chris Buxton > Internet and Database Consultant > > > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . > -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
