[GLLUG] Lost LILO, Can't Boot

Matt Graham danceswithcrows@usa.net
Wed, 18 Sep 2002 12:41:39 -0400


On Wednesday 18 September 2002 08:57, after a long battle with 
technology, Brian Hoort wrote:
> Well, I decided to try the other route--getting lilo working again so
> I can get some work done. I got a copy of Tom's RtBt. Following its
> instructions, I:
>
> # mount /dev/hda6 /mnt
> # mount /dev/hda1 /boot
> # chroot /mnt /sbin/lilo

Try this instead:

mount /dev/hda6 /mnt
mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/boot
chroot /mnt /sbin/lilo

Yeah, minor detail, but kind of important.  If /boot/boot.b isn't there, 
LILO gets confused.

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