lilo -v will only give the lilo version. You have to give " lilo -t " to
check and " lilo " to write to the MBR.
Baiju Mathew.
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From: Soumyajit Deb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2000 10:15 PM
Subject: Re: [LI] Help!
> Hi
> Try booting from a boot floppy if you created one.Then login as root.
> Edit the /etc/lilo.conf to see if the config is correct. Type a lilo -v
and
> now the pc should boot properly.
> if you donot have the floppy boot from the CD, select upgrade when
given
> a selection as to install or upgrade. Deselect all packages. The setup
will
> install lilo again and it should work. I've faced the same problem and the
> above procedure worked. Seems like there is a bug in lilo that ships with
> redhat 6.1. since then i've changed the boot loader to Choose OS from
lilo.
>
> Soumyajit Deb
> IIIT Hyderabad
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: aditya Malik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Sunday, February 27, 2000 9:42 PM
> Subject: [LI] Help!
>
>
> >Hi
> >
> >I tried to install Linux today. I have a P-166 (running at 200) w/32 MB
> RAM,
> >Seagate 2.1 GB champion drive, Cirrus Logic card. I shrunk my FAT32
> >partition with fips, made the required partitions for linux, and the
> >installation seemed to go alright.
> >
> >I am using the Red Hat distribution last released on the PCQ CD.
> >
> >Problem is that after all the installation LILO refuses to boot. It just
> >goes till L and then repeats '01 01 01 01 01..' ad infinitum.
> >
> >I had faced _exactly_ the same problem middle of last year when I had
tried
> >to install linux. That was a red hat distribution but diff. version.
> >
> >Can anyone help me in this regard?
> >I would be grateful if anyone who is online right now could reply.
> >
> >Aditya Malik
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