Heya list members
i finally got the problem solved...
it seems that lilo must have an hdb installed right after hda
if the configuration id hda and then hdc , lilo will not always boot.
Anyway, it's working now.
Tank's a lot to everyone that replied. :-)
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
On 6/17/00, 8:45:50 PM, James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
regarding Re: [expert] lilo:
> I asked around at the lug last night and got a couple of suggestions.
> 1. check in Fdisk and see if you can repair the mbr there. (this isn't
for
> the faint of heart)
> 2. check in Fdisk to make sure that the correct partition is actually
the
> one that is listed as bootable. if / is on hda1 and hada2 is the
bootable
> for example that may be the problem, or none of them may be listed as
bootable.
> 3. drop back format and punt. ( notice large grin came from all
who
> said this )
> 4. some said you may have to build a kernel and force lilo that way.
Also
> some suggested that your rpm of lilo could be corrupted and that
building
> it from src may be the answer.
> Hope this helps.
> At 06:15 AM 6/17/00, you wrote:
> >Hi !
> >
> >Believe me...i tried all the basic's already...
> >this is not about lilo being configured wrong..i am starting to think
> >that
> >it's my hard drive ..maybe the boot sector is damaged.i really donno
> >after sleeping 2 hours last night, it's kinda hard to think straight
> >:)
> >
> >
> > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
> >
> >On 6/17/00, 4:13:39 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sevatio Octavio) wrote
> >regarding Re: [expert] lilo:
> >
> >
> > > You will have to boot from your floppy. Then open your console and
> >login as SU. From there, just type "lilo" + enter and you're
> > > done. It should reboot without the floppy. I get this once in awhile
> >with my Lin/Win boxes.
> >
> > > Seve
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: LinuxMan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Date: Friday, June 16, 2000 3:53 PM
> > > Subject: [expert] lilo
> >
> >
> > > >Heya all !
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Can lilo boot from hdb ?
> > > >My primary disk is configurd as hdb cause i had
> > > >problems to config it as primary...
> > > >tried to tell lilo to boot from hdb and all i get is
> > > >
> > > >li 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04
> > > >04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04
> > > >04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04
> > > >04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04
> > > >04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04
> > > >
> > > >any thought's ?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> >
> >
