On 15 Jun 2003 17:17:45 -0500
Langsley T Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi again John.
>
> You said:
>
> > What exactly does it do when you try to edit the file as root? It
> > should work.
>
> Here is a copy and paste from my terminal of exactly what I entered and
> the response it got.
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] langsley]# /etc/lilo.conf
Ah, you are trying to execute the lilo.conf file, which is impossible,
because it is only a config file. You must type the name of the program
to edit the file, then the file (ie, nano /etc/lilo.conf, or joe
/etc/lilo.conf, or vi /etc/lilo.conf). You might want to install them,
and read their man pages to understand how to use them. For now, just
use midnight commander with F4, and F2 for saving.
>
> > Try installing Midnight Commander (my favorite) by typing 'urpmi
> > mc' without the quotes. Then follow the instructions. Once it is
> > installed, type mc in the command line as root. Then navigate to /etc.
> > Scroll down until you find lilo.conf, and then press F4. It should
> > open
> > the file for editing. Then change the append line under linux, and
> > linux-nonfb to say hdb=ide-scsi (plus whatever else was already there:
It does appear that you don't have a linux-nonfb, forget about that sorry. :)
> > append="quiet devfs=mount hdd=ide-scsi hdb=ide-scsi acpi=off"
>
>
> As I am sure you can see, there is no, "append line under linux," The
> only append lines I see are "under" image=/boot/vmlinuz and
> image=/boot/vmlinuz Unless I simply don't understand what "under" means.
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=linux <--- thats what I meant by linux
root=/dev/hda6
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append="devfs=mount hdb=ide-scsi" <----here's the append line,
change it as i did
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> I am unable to find anything in the lilo.conf file which says
> "linux-nonfb" Therefore I have no idea what I should edit , "to say
> hdb=ide-scsi (plus whatever else was already there":
>
> My attempts at editing the /etc/fstab file met with the same "permission
> denied" result. I have yet to try it using MC, but thought I should get
> this off while I work on that so that this dialog can progress and I can
> get my CDRW working.
Again, you must call the editor, then the file. Edit this file as instructed in
earlier emails.
Hope you get this working.
John Drouhard
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