🚀 go-pugleaf

David Goh wrote:
> 
> In aus.computers.linux,
> Zebee Johnstone <zebee@zipper.zip.com.au> wrote:
> > My hard disk refuses to boot.  LILO comes up as
> > LIL-
> >
> > According to the Lilo doco, this means "descriptor table has
> > an incorrect checksum"
> >
> > So..  how can I rebuild this descriptor table?
> 
> Find a boot floppy that will get you a shell...
> If you don't have one, the simplest way I found to get a shell prompt
> was to insert the redhat installation floppy, and proceed as if I was
> going to 'upgrade' the package...
> 
A simpler way is get your boot floppy and use the following...

	LILO: mount root=/dev/hda3

(swap hda3 for your root device).

This will boot linux for you.

For those control freaks...

	LILO: mount root=/dev/hda3 1

Which will drop you into single user mode (root).  This is why console
security is important.  No password is necessary.

At either point you can then massage LILO till it works.

Matt

**Really, who listens to the 'make boot floppy now' messages when
installing an OS**.