how to use lilo?
Globe Trotter
itsme_410 at yahoo.com
Fri Oct 24 15:15:08 UTC 2003
--- "ne..." <akabi at speakeasy.net> wrote:
> On Oct 23, 2003 at 18:21, Globe Trotter in a soothing rage wrote:
>
> >can someone shed light on how to use lilo with fedora (if the real thing
> will
> >not have it as an option)? i have the rpms but how do i force it to use lilo
> >instead of blinking at the GRUB command?
> Wellm you have to install the lilo rpm and then configure
> an /etc/lilo.conf file. Next /sbin/lilo -v and make sure
> there are no error messages. Reboot to test.
>
> N.Emile...
> --
Thanks a bundle! However, I am still in a soothing rage:-)
When I try /sbin/lilo -v I get the following:
LILO version 22.5, Copyright (C) 1992-1998 Werner Almesberger
Development beyond version 21 Copyright (C) 1999-2003 John Coffman
Released 04-Mar-2003 and compiled at 13:47:31 on Apr 10 2003.
Warning: LINEAR is deprecated in favor of LBA32: LINEAR specifies 24-bit
disk addresses below the 1024 cylinder limit; LBA32 specifies 32-bit disk
addresses not subject to cylinder limits on systems with EDD bios extensions;
use LINEAR only if you are aware of its limitations.
Reading boot sector from /dev/hde
Warning: device 0x2105 exceeds 1024 cylinder limit.
Use of the 'lba32' option may help on newer (EDD BIOS) systems.
Warning: LINEAR may generate cylinder# above 1023 at boot-time.
Fatal: Sector address 22160267 too large for LINEAR (try LBA32 instead).
So not good: I look up man pages and try the following:
/sbin/lilo -v -L
LILO version 22.5, Copyright (C) 1992-1998 Werner Almesberger
Development beyond version 21 Copyright (C) 1999-2003 John Coffman
Released 04-Mar-2003 and compiled at 13:47:31 on Apr 10 2003.
Ignoring entry 'linear'
Reading boot sector from /dev/hde
Warning: Unable to determine video adapter in use in the present system.
Using MENU secondary loader
Calling map_insert_data
Mapping message file /boot/message
Calling map_insert_file
Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-8smp
Mapping RAM disk /boot/initrd-2.4.20-8smp.img
Added linux *
Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-8
Mapping RAM disk /boot/initrd-2.4.20-8.img
Added linux-up
Writing boot sector.
Backup copy of boot sector in /boot/boot.2100
Should I more soothed now?
Thanks!!
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