Re: LILO hang on boot

[Keith Mastin <kmastin beechtree ca>]

>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.

Once you're sure that lilo is configured properly, then just run lilo. 
This usually gets things whipped back into shape. Nice to hear you hae a 
bootdisk for the system. Suprising how many people don't, despite the 
number of reboot snafu's and kernel upgrades get done regularily.