Henry, The vmlinux you extracted to your FAT partition, was it from your installation? (didn't complete this question in 1st email :)
To install Lilo off boot floppy or live CD, first create a new lilo.conf in the partition where your installation is then do /sbin/lilo -r /dev/<install partition eg hda1> You might want to read the lilo man page first (just in case :) joseph On Wed, 2004-10-27 at 13:42, henry wrote: > The partitions and file systems were seen ok > then the last message if i recall was " cannot find mount point " > > there is no floppy on the laptop > but I had assumed the installation routine would install LILO > how may i setup LILO manually while still running off of the live cd ? > regards > > Henry > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "joseph mpora" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Linux Users Group Uganda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 11:47 AM > Subject: Re: [LUG] Morphix on HD > > > > Henry, > > > > At what point that the system hang. What is the last message displayed > > on the screen. The vmlinux you extracted to your FAT partition. > > > > I think the reason why it boots straight into windoze is because you > > didnt install a bootloader (LILO or Grub) to the MBR when you installed > > it. If you have a linux floppy you could do this but you would have to > > manually add the windoze boot option in /etc/lilo.conf > > > > Joseph > > > > On Tue, 2004-10-26 at 14:05, henry wrote: > > > hullo > > > someone gave me this live debian cd ( morphix) that makes for a decent > > > desktop > > > of course I want to load in onto my hard drve > > > no problem there cause there is even a lil icon that says " install to > hard > > > disk" > > > I create two had1 and hda3 partitions for ext3 and swap respectively > > > problem is after the "successful" install nothing happens > > > just boots straight back into the windoze > > > so i hit google for solutions and discover i could use loadlin to boot > > > after extracting vmlinux onto my FAT partition > > > I ran the batch file - loadlin vmlinux root=/dev/hda1 lang=en ro > > > things go ok for a while and then the system hangs > > > doesnt even get to the prompt > > > any suggestions ? > > > > > > Henry > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > LUG mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LUG mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
