MESSAGE
| DATE | 2003-06-02 |
| FROM | Ruben I Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] Slackware problem
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Slackware is the most straight forward installations.
Either lilo.conf is not right or lilo itself was not run.
Ruben
On 2003.06.02 15:18 Rene Ferrer wrote:
> yes I did. Every way possible and I checked the current config to see if it
> was pointing to /dev/hda1
>
> RF
>
> >From: Ruben I Safir
> >To: Rene Ferrer
> >CC: hangout-at-nylxs.com
> >Subject: Re: [hangout] Slackware problem
> >Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2003 14:58:21 -0400
> >
> >You forgot to run lilo
> >
> >
> >On 2003.06.02 14:06 Rene Ferrer wrote:
> > >
> > > Good Morning,
> > >
> > > I'm not able to boot my Slackware 9.0 install. It seems that the LILO
> >boot
> > > is not loading correctly.
> > >
> > > all I get when I reboot is the letters LI and the notebook goes into a
> >coma.
> > >
> > > BTW: I had previously installed Mandrake 8.0 on this notebook and it was
> > > running great. No boot issues or anything. I completely removed the old
> > > partitions and swap.
> > >
> > >
> > > Details:
> > >
> > > Hitachi Visionbook 5000 (model 5270)
> > > Pentium II MMX
> > > 32MB RAM (don't say a word! I'll order more)
> > > 2.7GB HDD
> > > no floppy, but I use a USB floppy sometimes
> > >
> > > I made a large 2.1GB partition (bootable, type 83) and a 64MB swap
> >partition
> > > (type 82)
> > >
> > > I don't know what to answer at the LILO config section... Maybe there's
> > > something else I need to do?
> > >
> > >
> > > I'd like to give the Slackware distro a try, but if I can't figure this
> >out,
> > > I'll be returning to Mandrake or Suse...
> > >
> > >
> > > RF
> > >
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