Simon wrote: > hi all, > I was running two hard drives, one MDK 2005LE and the other with Windows on. > I > was using lilo to boot into either. I changed the windows hard drive for > another upon which I loaded another MDK2005LE. When I tried to boot it fell > down on having a record in fstab of the windows swap partition which it could > no longer find. > I have tried reloading the lilo using mcc but that doesn't help. > I am now in the position where I have one hard drive loaded with MDK2005LE > which according to system commander is active bootable, but all I get is a > load of 99 99 99 99 99 and nothig when I try and boot. I think I need to > edit fstab and get rid of everything that shouldnt be there but I have no > idea how to go about it. > I am writing this mail on Knoppix. I have tried to edit fstab using Knoppix > but I am hitting permission problems and can't find fstab-sync. > > What a mess. > > Simon > I would boot in the rescue mode as outlined in
http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/EmerGencies#Using_the_rescue_mode_of_the_Ins Use the "Mount your partitions under /mnt" and then the "Go to console" options. Once you have the console prompt, run "chroot /mnt". Then edit /etc/fstab with the editor of your choice. This will let you get rid of the bad swap entry. Mext, take a look at /etc/lilo.conf. The line you want to check is "boot=/dev/hda" or something like that. Because you are using System Commander, you will need to have the boot entry point to your root or /boot partition. You then need to make sure your System Commander menu entry is set to boot from that partition. Make sure you remember to run lilo after making the changes. >From the way System Commander is producing an error when you try to boot, I am guessing you are trying to boot from a partition that doesn't have the boot loader installed on it. This is covered in the System Commander manual, but it has been a LONG time sence I have used the program. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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