[3344] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: LILO problems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Will Koffel)
Fri Feb 16 11:04:17 2001
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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 11:02:18 -0500
From: Will Koffel <wkoffel@alum.mit.edu>
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To: "Aaron M. Ucko" <amu@MIT.EDU>
Cc: Kev <klmitch@MIT.EDU>, Alexandre Megretski <ameg@MIT.EDU>,
linux-help@MIT.EDU, linux-dev@MIT.EDU
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lba32 is the most magical incantation I know on linux. It's saved me probably
a half-dozen times, and I've never actually taken the time to figure out what
the heck it is. It helps if you have candles, a black cat and broomstick, and
a frog's liver handy when you add it to lilo.conf though. The computer doesn't
care, but it makes everything seem more mystical when the machine boots
perfectly.
Will
"Aaron M. Ucko" wrote:
> Kev <klmitch@MIT.EDU> writes:
>
> > 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.
>
> You might want to try adding
>
> lba32
>
> as the first line of /etc/lilo.conf before re-running /sbin/lilo.
>
> --
> Aaron M. Ucko, KB1CJC <amu@mit.edu> (finger amu@monk.mit.edu)
