Re: LILO no boot .. says "LIL-" then just hangs there

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From: Matthew Gardiner
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 07:32

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pip wrote:
> 
> Counts wrote:
> >
> > I installed everything successfully (Slackware 4.1), recompiled a kernel,
> > rebooted, everything worked as expected.  Then, not long afterwards on
> > another reboot, LILO just hangs.  I have to boot using a floppy now.  Any
> > suggestions on how to fix this?
> >
> > Should I uninstall LILO and then re-install?
> 
> No, LILO prints LILO on the screen to indicate each stage of startup,
> therefore LIL actually gives you the error message that you should be
> able to find in the LILO documentation.
> 
> As the other poster suggests it could be a BIOS problem - so maybe you
> could locate /boot in your first primary partition.
> 
> Also I have heard good things about the GRUB bootloader.
btw, if it is one of the latest kernels you need lilo >19

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From: Matthew Gardiner <kiwiunix@ihug.co.nz>
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Subject: Re: LILO no boot .. says "LIL-" then just hangs there
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