On Thu, 18 Mar 1999, Adam Wright wrote:
> I have just installed Linux Mandrake 5.3 and am very pleased with it,
> However I do have a question that I hope someone out there can help
> with.
> I am able to boot my system with a floppy diskette, but not from the
> hard drive. I realize that I have done something incorrectly in my
> installation (I am a definite Newbie to Linux). Now I need to know how
> to install LILO to my MBR on my hard drive. The boot disk I have is not
> able to be mounted.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Adam Wright
You have to edit/etc/lilo.conf and add the following line:
boot=/dev/XXX
at the beginning of the file (where XXX is the drive where you have
installed linux -- e.g. /dev/hda). Then launch /sbin/lilo to reinstall
lilo.
Take a look at my lilo.conf:
boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
image=/boot/zImage
label=linux
root=/dev/hda1
read-only
vga=4
alias=1
image=/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/zImage
label=new
root=/dev/hda1
read-only
vga=4
alias=2
For more informations:
man lilo
man lilo.conf
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