On Sun, 10 Jan 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> When computer is booting only two letters 'LI' appear
> on the screen - that's all.
Did you by any chance install a new kernel file and forget to run Lilo
afterwards to update the boot record? The way Lilo works is that it prints
a letter after each stage of operation, so you can tell from the number of
letters it prints how far it got. From the README file:
LI The first stage boot loader was able to load the second stage boot
loader, but has failed to execute it. This can either be caused by a
geometry mismatch or by moving /boot/boot.b without running the map
installer.
What you probably need to do is boot from a rescue floppy (I think there
might be one on the RedHat CD- if not, get tomsrtbt and use that instead).
Then mount your root partition somewhere and run:
lilo -r <the directory that you mounted root on>
If this fails, maybe you have either set something up wrongly in
/etc/lilo.conf or deleted/corrupted the map or kernel image file. The
error message should give you some clue what is wrong.
Hope this helps and good luck with getting your system running again.
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