Hmmmm... This has never happened to me, but I have had to overcome
many other boot problems. If you get any linux boot floppy try this at
the linux: prompt (This is called passing parameters to the kernel.)
Linux: root=/dev/hda1
if that doesn't work then try on the next boot attempt at the linux
prompt
root=/dev/hda2
and so on until you hit the correct partition for root.
Once you choose the proper hdax where x=1,2,3,4,5 then you should boot
up.
It will probably be hda3 or hda4...
After you boot up at a terminal window type lilo -v -v and that should
fix the LILO boot loader. Then do a mkbootdisk command to match your
kernel. I think it is
mkbootdisk /dev/fd0 2.4.3-7
This is assuming that your kernel is the old 2.4.2-7? Sorry but I am
not on a linux box so I can't look up the exact kernel or mkbootdisk
command. Can somebody help us out? I will be looking in later and if I
see a reply to this e-mail I will make the appropriate corrections
once I am able to get on my linux box...
Mike
"Aidan Whitehall" <aidan thenetprofits co uk> wrote:
C:\ = 6Gb with Windows 2000 Professional (NTFS)
D:\ = 4Gb, 1Gb = NTFS, 3Gb = RedHat 7.1 (installed today)
During the installation, I selected the option that doesn't put Lilo
on the MBR. A boot disk was created but when rebooted, the PC
reported:
: Loading vmlinuz......
: Boot failed. Please change disks and press a key to continue.
Is that a bad disk? I've been trying (and failing miserably) to
create a boot disk (I guess that's the next step) using another PC
that's running RedHat 7.1 going on instructions found on the web
(below), and everything's OK until the lilo command.
fdformat /dev/fd0H1440 # Lay tracks on new diskette
mkfs -t minix /dev/fd0 1440 # Create minix file system on floppy
mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy # Mount floppy
cp -p /boot/chain.b /mnt/floppy # Copy chain loader
cp -p /boot/boot* /mnt/floppy
lilo -v -C /etc/lilo.floppy # Install lilo and the map onto floppy
umount /mnt/floppy
The last line but one returns the message "/etc/lilo.floppy: No such
file or directory". Am I going down the right track? Is that line
intended to copy lilo and the /etc/lilo.conf file from one PC onto
the floppy?
And if you make a boot disk using a PC that doesn't have a Windows
partition, do you have to edit the lilo.conf file on the floppy so
that when used in the PC running W2K Pro, it points to the correct
partition on the D: drive?
Thanks for any help you can offer!
--
Aidan
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