>
> 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?
Probabaly, and no. So as soon as I get my system back up, I'll be running
lilo.
>
> >
> > 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 made a rescue disk from the rescue.img that comes with the rhl5.2
distro, but I can't boot it, I have to boot the "boot" image disk and then
insert
Yes, it's a scsi. I don't ever get a LILO: prompt with the boot disks that
I have. I have the mandrake 5.3, and redhat 5.2 boot/rescue disks. The
only image I can load from those boot disks is "vmlinuz" ("initrd.img" boot
options returns the error
"Loading
Invalid or corrupt kernel image.")
If I load the vmlinuz image with the parameter boot=/dev/sda1, then I get
the following (after the boot process):
FS: Cannot open root device 08:22
Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 08:22
But if I do a normal boot for installation, it can detect the SCSI just
fine, even install right over my old install.
I'm going to just try installing a new distro on a new hdd and access my
other hdd's that way. Tell me: if I have a 2.1 GB SCSI and a 3.2mb IDE and
IDE Cdrom, how would you set up your system? How does a person get a SCSI
hdd to boot before IDE? Is that important? Thanks.
>
> >
> > 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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