On Thu, 4 Mar 1999, Dan Browning (Network Admin) wrote:
> System boots up and says "LI" instead of "LILO:" and locks up.
>
> After successfully adding a IDE 3.2 HDD to my system (which already has
> a
> 2GB SCSI, SCSI tape backup, and IDE CD-ROM). Booting into linux
> normally,
> and fdisking my new hdd for mostly ext2 except 15mb for swap. Then I
> foolishly went and did a rpm -U *, on a directory full of updated RPMS
> I had
> downloaded (onto the new disk, btw).
Was one of those RPM's lilo? And did you not then rerun lilo before
booting again?
>
> I have boot and rescue disks, but I don't know how to use them. If I
> boot
> the boot disk, then use rescue disk, I can boot the system but I don't
> know
> what to fix. I can't mount /dev/sda1 or fdisk it.
How _can't_ ? If RedHat's rescues disks are like anyone else's (I don't
see why not), the tiny fs on the rescue disk is mounted on /, and no,
you can't mount anything else on /. You should be able to mount it on
some mount point on the rescue fs and get at it that way. /mnt should
do, or if you have mkdir, you can make one. Or _oops_ is scsi support a
module? Initrd on the boot disk should load it.. Are you using the
install and supplemental disks with the rescue option, or have you made
a rescue disk? You may need to do more install-type setup before trying
rescue.
>
> I have tried removing the new IDE, doesn't help. I think if someone
> told me
> how to use the boot disk to access the image on my SCSI hdd, that would
> help.
I think you can't do this, unless the boot floppy was made on purpose to
do it (the LILO bootloader does not read filesystems, but has to rely
on a map made for it by the LILO installer), but when you see LILO,
press a shift key, then tab to see what images you have. Then you can
type <image> root=/dev/sda1 and see if you reach more familiar ground.
Don't forget to rerun lilo.
Well, maybe this will help.
Lawson
>< Microsoft free environment
This mail client runs on Wine. Your mileage may vary.
>
> my AWARD BIOS:
> boot seq: A,C,CDROM
> HDD Sequence SCSI/IDE First: SCSI (scsi is the / drive, but neither
> SCSI or
> IDE switch helps the situation).
>
> What do I do?
>
> Dan Browning
> Network Administrator
> Cyclone Computer Systems
>
>
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