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Started by Counts
Wed, 09 May 2001 18:57
LILO no boot .. says "LIL-" then just hangs there
Author: Counts
Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 18:57
Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 18:57
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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? Thanks for any suggestions. Bob
Re: LILO no boot .. says "LIL-" then just hangs there
Author: pip
Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 23:20
Date: Wed, 09 May 2001 23:20
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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.
Re: LILO no boot .. says "LIL-" then just hangs there
Author: Matthew Gardiner
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 07:32
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
Re: LILO no boot .. says "LIL-" then just hangs there
Author: GreyCloud
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 08:03
Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 08:03
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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? > > Thanks for any suggestions. > > Bob LIL- ... If that is indeed the error, means the descriptor table is corrupt. This can either be caused by a geometry mismatch or by moving /boot/map without running lilo. Boot again with your floppy and log in.... type in lilo -l then type exit and again exit This will reboot your system properly. -- V
Re: LILO no boot .. says "LIL-" then just hangs there
Author: rider web
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 20:07
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 20:07
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this might help http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/faqs/rhl_general_faq/FAQ-5.html "Counts" <rcount1@gmu.edu> wrote in message news:9dc3ut$bau@portal.gmu.edu... > I installed everything successfully (Slackware 4.1), recompiled a kernel, > rebooted, everything worked as expected. Then, not long afterwards on > another reboot, LILO just hangs. I have to boot using a floppy now. Any > suggestions on how to fix this? > > Should I uninstall LILO and then re-install? > > Thanks for any suggestions. > > Bob > >
Re: LILO no boot .. says "LIL-" then just hangs there
Author: Bernadette and Warren McRobie
Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 08:13
Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 08:13
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I found that having the drive linux is installed on a slave with no master, then this error occurs - yes I know it should be the master - but I did not set up this machine hardware wise ;P HTH Warre "rider web" <riderweb@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:9ds2af$d5v$1@bob.news.rcn.net... > this might help > http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/faqs/rhl_general_faq/FAQ-5.html > > > "Counts" <rcount1@gmu.edu> wrote in message > news:9dc3ut$bau@portal.gmu.edu... > > 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? > > > > Thanks for any suggestions. > > > > Bob > > > > > >
Re: LILO no boot .. says "LIL-" then just hangs there
Author: Michael Marion
Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 20:21
Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 20:21
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Bernadette and Warren McRobie wrote:
> I found that having the drive linux is installed on a slave with no master,
> then this error occurs - yes I know it should be the master - but I did not
> set up this machine hardware wise ;P
Better yet.. directly from the docs:
LIL- The descriptor table is corrupt. This can either be caused by a
geometry mismatch or by moving /boot/map without running the map
installer.
--
Mike Marion-Unix SysAdmin/Senior Engineer-Qualcomm-http://www.miguelito.org
Homer: "I'm not normally a religious man, but if you're up there, save me,
Superman!" -- Simpsons
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