[98617] in RedHat Linux List
Re: 5.2 and LILO
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jan Carlson)
Mon Nov 9 20:18:54 1998
Date: Mon, 09 Nov 1998 20:11:53 -0500
From: Jan Carlson <janc@iname.com>
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"Conner, Tom" wrote:
> I upgraded RH5.1 to RH5.2 from ftp.cdrom.com and everything seemed to go
> well untill the installation of LILO. It would not install LILO in the
> master boot partition. I have two hard drives. The first is a dos drive
> (win95) and the second is divided between dos (hdb5) and linux. If I
> restart the computer (a Dell 133 Pentium) it will boot win95 at the LILO
> prompt. Trying to boot linux does not work. It simply hangs. I assume
> this is the 5.1 LILO. Using the boot disk that you can create when you
> upgrade will boot 5.2 and it seems to function normally. Any suggestions
> for being able to boot Linux from LILO?
You want LILO to install in the MBR,
not in the boot sector of the linux partition, normally.
Boot rh5.2 from diskette, and run lilo:
# /sbin/lilo
If it gives no errors, it should work.
If it complains about cylinder 1024, add a line into
/etc/lilo.conf containing one word.
linear
That often cures the problem.
Let us see specific error messages from lilo,
if it still gives any.
Here is my /etc/lilo.conf for rh5.2, in case it helps
I have 2 scsi disks,
boot=/dev/sda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=100
default=linux
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.0.36-0.7
label=linux
root=/dev/sda6
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.0.36-0.7.img
read-only
other=/dev/sda1
label=dos
table=/dev/sda
/etc/lilo.conf (END)
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Jan Carlson
janc@iname.com Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Mailed with Netscape 4.5 on Red Hat Linux 5.2
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