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Re: Please Help! Can't get Caldera OL2.2 to boot!

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From: The Kusinski's
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 1999 00:00
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I had the same problem when I was installing OL 2.2 on my system.  I tried about
5 different boot managers before I found one that worked - try "BootIt Direct"
(Make sure you use the "Direct" version and not the "2.25" version.

Scott J wrote:

> 1. You need to install Lilo in the master boot partition.
> 2. Use a boot floppy (You made on right?  If not, see step #5.) to start
> yourself into linux.
> 3. You are going to have to edit the lilo.conf file (I believe that it is
> located in /boot or /etc)
> 4. After you have made the neccessary entries into the lilo.conf (boot
> information for both operating
>     systems, see the Caldera web site for specific line entries or better
> yet buy a Linux book), type /sbin/lilo
>     which should set you straight.
> 5. Barring that, scrap Caldera, get RedHat 6.0 (With that shiny new Linux
> Unleashed book you're gonna buy)
>     and run the install CD that will have you up and running in an hour or
> so.
>
> Kem wrote in message ...
> >Hi,
> >I have installed Caldera Linux 2.2 at least 30-40 some odd times now from a
> >CD I purchased from linuxmall, and everything seems to work okay at
> first........
> >
> >
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