MESSAGE
| DATE | 2003-06-02 |
| FROM | Ruben I Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [hangout] Slackware problem
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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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