Did you run /sbin/lilo after updating lilo.conf?
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, Benjamin Sher wrote:
> Dear friends:
>
>
> I cannot boot up to Linux from my HD, only from my boot diskette.
>
> I updated my kernel (five files, if I recall) to 2.2.13-22. I then
> edited my /etc/lilo.conf and created a new boot disk.
>
> I have no problem booting with my new boot diskette but I can't boot
> with my HD. At the Lilo prompt, it starts booting:
>
> booting linux.up.......
>
> And then freezes for ever.
>
> Here is my new kernel:
>
> [sher@adsl-77-232-189 sher]$ rpm -q kernel
> kernel-2.2.13-22mdk
>
> Here is my lilo.conf:
>
> [sher@adsl-77-232-189 sher]$ cd /etc/
> [sher@adsl-77-232-189 /etc]$ cat lilo.conf
> boot=/dev/hda
> map=/boot/map
> install=/boot/boot.b
> prompt
> timeout=50
> image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.13-22mdk
> label=linux-up
> root=/dev/hda1
> read-only
> [sher@adsl-77-232-189 /etc]$
>
> Would really appreciate someone's help. I can't figure this out. The
> boot sequence using my boot diskette is perfect: everything is normal
> and everything got an OK. So, why won't Linux boot up from the HD. Never
> had this problem before.
>
>
> Here is a list of the rpms that were automatically updated by
> MandrakeUpdate earlier today. I have checked and each of them has been
> properly installed. See below. Any idea why I can't boot from the HD?
>
> initscripts-4.23-35mdk.i586.rpm
> kernel-2.2.13-22mdk.i586.rpm
> kernel-doc-2.2.13-22mdk.i586.rpm
> kernel-fb-2.2.13-22mdk.i586.rpm
> kernel-headers-2.2.13-22mdk.i586.rpm
> kernel-ibcs-2.2.13-22mdk.i586.rpm
> kernel-pcmcia-cs-2.2.13-22mdk.i586.rpm
> kernel-smp-2.2.13-22mdk.i586.rpm
> kernel-source-2.2.13-22mdk.i586.rpm
>
> [sher@adsl-77-232-189 sher]$ rpm -q initscripts
> initscripts-4.23-35mdk
> [sher@adsl-77-232-189 sher]$ rpm -q kernel
> kernel-2.2.13-22mdk
> [sher@adsl-77-232-189 sher]$ rpm -q kernel-doc
> kernel-doc-2.2.13-22mdk
> [sher@adsl-77-232-189 sher]$ rpm -q kernel-fb
> kernel-fb-2.2.13-22mdk
> [sher@adsl-77-232-189 sher]$ rpm -q kernel-headers
> kernel-headers-2.2.13-22mdk
> [sher@adsl-77-232-189 sher]$ rpm -q kernel-ibcs
> kernel-ibcs-2.2.13-22mdk
> [sher@adsl-77-232-189 sher]$ rpm -q kernel-pcmcia-cs
> kernel-pcmcia-cs-2.2.13-22mdk
> [sher@adsl-77-232-189 sher]$ rpm -q kernel-smp
> kernel-smp-2.2.13-22mdk
> [sher@adsl-77-232-189 sher]$ rpm -q kernel-source
> kernel-source-2.2.13-22mdk
> [sher@adsl-77-232-189 sher]$
>
> Hope one of you experts can figure this out.
>
> Thank you all so much.
>
>
> Benjamin
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