> hello: > > i have just installed debian onto a "fresh" computer (no system on computer > before installaition) using the "leaning debian linux" cd. after much > handwringing and filling in the blanks, the installation completed > successful. we rebooted and the lilo prompt came up -- and nothing happens! > > rats! > > insert boot floppy made during installation. boot. all is well. > > check lilo.conf. looks good. run lilo. reboot. same thing. > > reboot from floppy and re-install kernel image from cd. run lilo. reboot. > same thing. > > reboot from floppy. scratch head! now what??? > > the disk setup is > > /dev/sda1 / 2000M > /dev/sda5 /tmp 100M > /dev/sda6 /usr 3500M > /dev/sda7 /var 1000M > /dev/sda8 /home 500M > /dev/sda9 /usr/src 1000M > /dev/sda10 swap 512M > /dev/sda11 /opt 1058M > > the next move is to update the kernel, etc, using dselect. > > any ideas why the drive is *not* booting on its own???? > -- > regards, > allen wayne best > contractor, diagnostics and support tools > telnet 447-4070 > "your friendly neighborhood rambler owner" > "my rambler will go from 0 to 105" > Current date: 13:17:13::305:2001 > > Ramblers -- Don't you wish everyone had one? > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
And are you sure that you have the boot directory (with kernel image) within the 1024 cylinder boundary? if not ... lilo cannot boot it -- I am Martin Kacerovsky, student of the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at the Charles University in Prague, in the Czech Republic, in Europe, on Earth, in the Universe where Linux operating system rules...
