It was my failure to recopy bootsect.lin back to the w2k root directory after the lilo update. I thought of that after I clicked "send"....that's what fixed it. Many thanks to all who answered. Kudo's to the linux community for genuinely caring about helping each other. I hope I can give back sometime...
On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 03:28, Michael Schwendt wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 09 Feb 2003 20:46:27 -0700, Fred Flintstone wrote: > > > After allowing up2date to do a kernel upgrade, I got a "Test Install of > > LILO Failed!" message. Upon rebooting to Linux, (dual boot W2k-RedHat > > 8.0) my system hangs at LIL-. I've tried /sbin/lilo -v, I've tried > > re-installing and doing an upgrade to the boot manager. I think that's > > what the option was anyway. No avail...still hangs. W2k is on C: RedHat > > is on D:. I'm using the NT Loader per the instructions out there for > > this OS setup. Worked fine for a couple of months. Any help that > > prevents me from starting over with a fresh format is most welcome. > > Is that really all you've done before booting started to fail? I > presume there must have been something else for LILO re-installation > to fail. By any chance, have you played with BIOS settings or > partition tools? > > - From LILO's docs: > > LIL- The descriptor table is corrupt. This can either be caused > by a geometry mismatch or by moving /boot/map without running > the map installer. > > The important detail in your message might be "I'm using the NT > Loader" because that means you install LILO into a primary > partition, read out the boot block, transfer it to NT and include it > into the NT Loader menu. You should re-install LILO with "lilo -v" > and repeat transfering the LILO boot block to NT Loader. When you > install a new kernel, LILO is re-installed, but you still keep your > old kernel. You should now find out whether "lilo -v" fails or > whether NT Loader fails to boot LILO. Alternatively, wipe your NT > Loader and install LILO into MBR (just for testing). > > If you reply to this, please include your /etc/lilo.conf and > partition table. > > - -- > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE+R37E0iMVcrivHFQRAnJZAJ9yjvAqZZp7fdQjsG/J9BFXjNh9NQCfQS1p > N90Su1lmGjtqNbEMiLpWBRI= > =rfGC > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- --------------------------------------------- Why yes thank you, I belive I will Dual Boot. RedHat 8.0 ..-=Linux=-.. --------------------------------------------- -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
