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Re: LILO error: LOADER for BIOS
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (RHS Linux User)
Wed Oct 23 15:42:51 1996
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 1996 13:38:09 -0600 (MDT)
From: RHS Linux User <toddw@cyberhighway.net>
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> > I had same problem installing to super block on root partition.
>
> So, were you able to get around this? This is my first shot at linux, so, any
> details that you could give me I would really appreciate. Thanks.
>
sure I was, (took me a couple of minutes to remember how, but I did ;)
Just skip the lilo install, then boot off the boot disk and at boot:
prompt type:
linux root=/dev/???? where ???? is your root partition like sda1
Now you can login as root. You will need to create from scratch (at least
I did) your lilo.conf file. It is in /etc. You should probably just copy
the sample one out of the RedHat install guide (assuming you bought it).
Only changes you need off of the sample is change the partition /dev/?? to
whatever your root partition is.
Check to see that you have a vmlinuz in /boot, if not mount floppy boot
disk and copy vmlinuz to /boot.
since lilo.conf points to the vmlinuz file on your root partition you
should have no trouble typing:
lilo
at the prompt, this makes your system boot correctly in general.
There are other ways to do this and I brushed over a few details you may
need to do other things if you plan to do things like boot other OSs with
LILO.
Email me personally if you like and I can help.
Todd Weible
toddw@cyberhighway.net tweible@onyx.idbsu.edu
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