On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 05:17:04AM +0000, murali m wrote: > > to avoid the error i thought of installing the old > LILO. but there also i got the error message as > > Fatal : Map segment too big. > > please help. As i am unable to boot the machine. > ---end quoted text---
Please clarify, if: a) Is yours a Linux only box or a dual boot ? b) Can you boot from rescue floppies (probably made during the installation process ? Probably, you have in incomplete or aborted installation and the map installer was either NOT initialised or incorrectly initialised. The map installer is the program you run under Linux to put all files belonging to LILO at the appropriate places and to record information about the location of data needed at boot time ... This program normally resides in /sbin/lilo. It has to be run to refresh that information whenever any part of the system that LILO knows about changes, e.g. after installing a new kernel or new installation. Probable escape routes could be: a) For a dual boot system, dual boot through loadlin (9x and ME) or through boot.ini (NT/ XP) b) For stand alone box, boot through you boot floppy, set up your /etc/lilo.conf and re-run "lilo -v". Setting compact in the config file would help. Something like: boot = /dev/hda2 compact image = /boot/vmlinuz ..... and so on ... HTH Bish -- : ####[ GNU/Linux One Stanza Tip (LOST) ]####################### Sub : Bailing out from vi ! LOST #175 If you accidently end up inside vi, you can abort by pressing Escape, colon (:), q (q), bang (!) and pressing return. ####<From : freebsd fortune>################################## : ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
