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Re: LI (no LO)!

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From: David Jenkins
Date: Wed, 03 May 2000 00:00
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I just followed the default prompts of the install. In fact I did this twice
because of the problem occuring the first time.

How do I install LILO to the MBR??


"Ned Latham" <nenosed@apex.met.au> wrote in message
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> David Jenkins wrote in <Yy6P4.5473$PL4.189411@ozemail.com.au>:
> > Hmm, I'm fairly new at this Linux thing, in fact I only just installed
it. I
> > first put it onto a Quantum Bigfoot 1.2GB drive (I know I know). It
> > installed fine and booted to the desktop. After a bit of investigation I
> > decided that it was worht persuing a bit further but that the Quantum
was a
> > bit of a liability.
> >
> > I re-installed it onto a 4GB IBM DHEA drive but upon reboot it hangs at
LI.
> >
> > I have repeated the installation twice with the same results both times.
The
> > install on the Quantum drive still works fine if I substitute the
drives.
> >
> > Can anyone tell me what is going on????
>
> Did you install LILO to the Master Boot Record? LI happened to me once
> when I installed LILO to the Boot Sector of the root partition (I did
> a reinstall to cure it).
>
> --
> Ned   ++++++   Democracy means "the people rule".
> To reply, cut out my nose and make the met a net.
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From: "David Jenkins" <david.jenkins@cmg.co.nz>
Subject: Re: LI (no LO)!
Date: 2000/05/03
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