Re: How to install LILO when can't boot LINUX ??

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From: Geoffrey D. Bennett
Date: Sun, 18 May 1997 00:00

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Jason Allen (jallen@pobox.com) wrote:
: Got my Redhat 4.1 CD and went through install process.
: Some 50mins later and after installing LILO and rebooting PC the system
: gets to the LILO word and then speaker contnually beeps and system won't
: go any further.

: Obviously a setting wrong in LILO.  How can I boot LINUX now so that I
: can go back and re-install LILO??

Boot from your Red Hat 4.1 boot disk, and at the lilo "boot:" prompt
type in "linux root=/dev/hda1" (replace hda1 with the name of whatever
the root partition is).  This presumes that you don't require any
extra modules to be loaded by initrd (eg. SCSI), otherwise you will
need to type "rescue" at the "boot:" prompt, then mount your root
filesystem and reinstall lilo.

Regards,
--
Geoffrey D. Bennett (geoffrey@netcraft.com.au)
Computer Systems Manager, NetCraft Australia
http://www.netcraft.com.au/geoffrey/
Red Hat Linux Resellers: http://www.netcraft.com.au/redhat/

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Date: 1997/05/18
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