[3341] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: LILO problems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kev)
Thu Feb 15 18:18:55 2001
Message-Id: <200102152316.SAA04962@x15-cruise-basselope.mit.edu>
To: Alexandre Megretski <ameg@MIT.EDU>
Cc: linux-help@MIT.EDU, linux-dev@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 15 Feb 2001 18:13:27 EST."
<200102152313.SAA00912@babushka.mit.edu>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2001 18:16:51 -0500
From: Kev <klmitch@MIT.EDU>
> I just installed Athena Linux, using the SIPB installer, on the
> recommended hardware configuration
> (Optiplex GX110/L) Everything appears to work, except LILO:
> when trying to boot the computer from the hard disk, LILO stops at
> the LI stage. Booting from the boot floppy generated during the installation
> process is going OK.
you can boot the system from the floppy disk and then, from a root shell,
run "/sbin/lilo" to fix the boot-up problem. Why it breaks this way in
the first place I don't know, unfortunately.
--
Kevin L. Mitchell <klmitch@mit.edu>
