Re: LILO hang on boot

[Aaron Konstam <akonstam Trinity Edu>]

On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 05:11:18PM -0500, Werner, Roger NAVAIR wrote:
> My system hangs after displaying only LI in the boot process.  How does
> one fix this?  I expect it has to be done, but I am hesitant to rewrite
> the MBR because I want to ensure that the partition table is not changed
> (I already have a lot of stuff on this disk and don't want to lose it)?
> What is the preferred way to fix LILO hangups?
> 
> The last thing I did before the hd wouldn't boot anymore was: I was
> using my RH distribution CD (booted from the install floppy) to add more
> stuff to my system (upgrade to add RPMs but not intending to change the
> OS), and it started asking questions about where to put the MBR.  I
> didn't want to change the MBR in any way, so I backed out as far as I
> could but couldn't back out all the way, and had to reboot to get away.
> Then the hd wouldn't boot anymore.  Now I boot from a floppy.
> 
> roger werner navy mil
I don't disagree with Forrest but just two things.
The LI message means that the system can not find your secondary boot
loader which is in the /boot/boot.b file. Be sure you are using the lba32
option , not the linear option in the /etc/lilo.conf and under no
circumstances have boot.b move after you run lilo.
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