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Re: HELP! I need an answer or an RMA.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (RHS Linux User)
Wed Oct 30 01:28:58 1996
Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 21:03:41 -0700 (MST)
From: RHS Linux User <toddw@cyberhighway.net>
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> Fdisk: hda1 64 MB / (a 128Mb SyQuest EZ135 drive)
> hda2 64 MB swap
> sdb1 540 MB /usr.
>
> like a full install except no lilo.conf anywhere (find / -name lilo.conf)
> and no /mnt/etc/fstab. "find / -name lilo" reports: /mnt/sbin/lilo
> Running a few simple commands from /mnt/usr/bin or /mnt/bin seems to work.
>
> This lack of lilo.conf probably explains why lilo fails but my question is
> how can it work for anyone? The organization of the "RAMDISK" system from
> the floppy boot is mysterious to me with no /dev entries but what appear
> to be device entries in /tmp.
I had no lilo.conf either. Had to create from scratch. below I included
my suggestions for yours.
>
> Will creating /mnt/etc/fstab and /mnt/etc/lilo.conf by hand and running
> /mnt/sbin/lilo fix things? What do I put in lilo.conf? I assume the
> standard fstab from 3.0.3 would work.
Yep, will help, at least it did for me.
boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=10
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=linux
root=/dev/hda1
read-only
Just a question, can you boot off a Syquest disk? Will lilo install into
the MBR of a syquest disk as I have told it to above?
>
> If 64 MB is too small for a / partition then the install dialog lies as
> it said at least 50 MB is required.
>
It is not too small, mine is 50MB.
Luck,
Todd Weible
toddw@cyberhighway.net
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