Did (does) the installation floppy (resc1440.bin or whatever) booth the machine? If so, at the initial "boot:" prompt type "rescue root=/dev/hda1". See help (ALT-F1) about boot methods.
That should boot your "normal" system except that the kernel itself is read off of the "rescue floppy". As root, type "lilo -t -v" to see what lilo "thinks" about your /etc/lilo.conf file. Also, although with a standard installation this should not work/or be necessary; try typing the tab key when the machine "hangs" at the lilo prompt. On Mon, Oct 18, 1999 at 03:42:43PM -0300, David Goodyear wrote: > First I will start by saying that I am a new linux user. I have installed > the debian operating system on my IBM 365XD. However, when I try to boot > the system it just hangs after "LILO loading linux". Additionally my > debian boot floppy doesn't work either (maybe because of the external > floppy?). Anyway, I had to make a windows 98 boot floppy which has > loadlin.exe and linux on it. the autoexec.bat file executes loadlin.exe > ie. " a:\loadlin.exe a:\linux root=/dev/hda1" . This is th only way I > could boot my system. How can I fix things so that I can boot directly > from hard disk (/dev/hda1)? > If anyone has any ideas that I could use to fix this problem, your help > would be appreciated > > David Goodyear
