after bios, i think lilo is not ever run. the bios displays the system configuration then the error message:
DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER my boot sequence is A,C. the boot floopy i am using is 2.2.20. the machine was booting 2.4. 18 ... for months before this problem occured. apparently, i never made a boto disk for the 2.4.18 kernel. i have not tried re-lilo-ing b/c i am unsure if the problem is a bad lilo or not. could this be the problem? At 26 July 2003, Kevin Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Sat, 2003-07-26 at 17:51, Debian User wrote: >> i am unable to boot from /dev/hda. >What error? Lilo error? >> i have a boot disk and that worked. >I saw from below -- which kernel does it boot? Lilo, grub? have you >tried re-lilo-ing? >> i am trying to figure out why i cannot boot from the hard drive. >> i have compaired this to a machine that boots but i cannot figure >> out what is wrong. help!! >> >> my root filesystem looks like: ><snip> >> my boot file system looks like: ><snip> >ok 2 kernels 2.2.x , 2.4.x. Did you have this problem with 2.4.x ever >since you changed? or is this a new problem? >> when i try to mount to the /dev/hdc drive, >have you tried to mount them by hand? ><snip> >The list needs info! Specific error message are best. >-Kev > >-- >To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] debian.org > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]