Dan Browning (Network Admin) wrote:
>
> System boots up and says "LI" instead of "LILO:" and locks up.
from Linux Unleashed :
The first stage boot loader was able to load the second stage
bootloader, but has failed to execute it. This can either be caused by a
geometry mismatch or by moving /etc/lilo/boot.b without running the map
installer.
>
> After successfully adding a IDE 3.2 HDD to my system (which already has a
> 2GB SCSI, SCSI tape backup, and IDE CD-ROM).
Right there the IDE should now be boot with different disk geometries
from the SCSI.
> 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).
>
> 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.
> I have tried removing the new IDE, doesn't help.
Check the BIOS, see if the info there reflects the disk condition. I got
the same error when working with someone else drive on my box.
> I think if someone told me
> how to use the boot disk to access the image on my SCSI hdd, that would
> help.
>
> 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).
Sure about that ?, I though it was very involved boot SCSI before an IDE
drive.
>
> What do I do?
>
> Dan Browning
> Network Administrator
> Cyclone Computer Systems
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