Re: Blown BIOS, no boot

[John P Verel <jverel optonline net>]

Did you get an error code along side the "L"?  Werner Almesberger's LILO
"User's guide", sections 5.2.1 and 5.2.2, page 44, documents these codes
to tell you what's going on.  If you can't get to this document, post
the code and I'll get the info to you. (There's 16 different
possibilities).

On 01/31/02, 10:02:33PM -0500, cbsled ncia net wrote:

> I' trying to reurrect an old 486 for use as a router. It became
> apparent that the battery, a Dallas Realtime clock, had seen better
> days, so I replaced it. Apparently that was a mistake. Lilo only gets
> to "L", and the system won't boot from the recently made boot floppy.
> Both the hd's auto-detect fine. I can boot it into rescue mode. I did
> that, then did:
> 
>     # chroot /mnt/sysimage # /sbin/lilo
> 
> Which acted normally, but didn't fix it.
> 
> Is there any hope for it short of a complete reinstall? 

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John P. Verel
Living Proof That Low Tech Beats High Tech!