On Saturday 07 May 2005 05:03, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > Simon wrote: > > On Friday 06 May 2005 06:49 pm, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: > >>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. > > > > This is what my fstab file looks like: > > # This file is edited by fstab-sync - see 'man fstab-sync' for details > > /dev/hda1 / ext2 defaults 1 1 > > /dev/hda6 /home ext2 defaults 1 2 > > /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto > > umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec,users 0 0 > > /dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom2 auto > > umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-15,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec,users 0 0 > > none /mnt/floppy supermount > > dev=/dev/fd0,fs=ext2:vfat,--,umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-15,sync,codepage=8 > >50 0 0 > > /dev/hdb1 /mnt/mdk10.2leFresh ext2 defaults 1 2 > > ^ ^ > *** | Delete the line above. | *** > > > none /proc proc defaults 0 0 > > /dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0 > > /dev/hdb5 swap swap defaults 0 0 > > ^ ^ > *** | Delete the line above. | *** > > > I want to get rid of the references to the hdb drive, > > > >>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. > > > > This is the lilo.config file: > > # File generated by DrakX/drakboot > > # WARNING: do not forget to run lilo after modifying this file > > > > default="2681-24" > > boot=/dev/fd0 > > Change "boot=/dev/fd0" to "boot=/dev/hda1". > > <-------------------[ SNIP ]------------------------------------> > > > What should I be changing? My boot info is in the root partition hda1. > > > > Thanks for your help. > > Simon. > > Delete the two lines marked above in your /etc/fstab file. This will get > rid of the referenves to the drive you removed. > > Right now, lilo is trying to install to your floppy drive. Where you > want it to install is to /dev/hda1, your root partition. Don't forget to > run lilo after making the change in the config file. > > Mikkel THANK YOU Mikkel and Larry, I am back in my MDK system. What a great list. Warm regards, Simon. -- Linux Counter number 359744. http://counter.li.org/ GnuPG Key: http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xE94E2292
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