On Sun, Mar 17, 2002 at 09:43:14PM +0530, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > But, In my case I don't have any file /boot/boot.b. > a) Without this /boot/boot.b file I am not able to install > lilo as it had the directive saying "install="/boot/boot.b" > and lilo gave the error message saying that "Fatal: open > /boot/boot.b : No Such File Or Directory". > b) Touching the file "/boot/boot.b" also did not help. > c) I copied the /boot/boot.b from the neighbouring machine > and ran `lilo -v' It went well.But I dont know how success- > ful it may be unless otherwise I reboot my machine. > d) If I don't have access to the neighbour's machine how > else I can regain my /boot/boot.b file >
Sorry for misunderstanding your problem. The boot.b file along with a few others (viz. boot.b, chain.b, os2_d.b and lilo) are created when you compile lilo from source with the make comm- and, and then placed in /boot with make install (lilo goes in /sbin). The map installer (/boot/map) is created on running /sbin/lilo. If your boot.b file is deleted, there is no other option but to create it all over again. o Do 'lilo -V' and find out which version of LILO is installed Thereafter, options available are: o Compile that version from source, then, make install. o Find some one using *exactly* that version of LILO and copy the boot.b out from that system. o Alternatively, uninstall LILO, and re-install it from your currently installed distro CD, re-check your /etc/lilo.conf and re-run 'lilo -v' to make a new /boot/map. If your neighbour's LILO version is exactly the same as yours then your problems have been solved already. FYI, the boot sector contains the first part of LILO's boot loader. It loads the much larger second-stage loader. Both loaders are typically stored in the file /boot/boot.b. LILO depends on the BIOS to load the following items: - /boot/boot.b - /boot/map (created when running /sbin/lilo) - all kernels - the boot sectors of all other operating systems it boots - the startup message, if one has been defined HTH Bish -- : ####[ Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]########################### Sub : Contents of .deb file [#1] LOST #044 To know the contents of a deb file, if you have dpkg installed fire Midnight Commander (mc) ... Just press enter on the .deb file in mc and you have all the contents of the .deb file ... Then you can copy all the stuff from one pane to another in some directory. Same thing applies to .tar.gz and rpm files .. provided rpm, tar and gzip are installed. ####<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>################################## : _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
