--- Owen Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi! spent ages installing debain and it all went well and i was excitted > thinking that it was going to work so well, but no. When the computer > re-booted it just thro up L 90 90 90 90 90 90 90... when i tried to run > the OS on the HD. This is a lilo error isnt it? does this mean i have > installed it wrong, or i have used the wrong distirbutation. I wasnt > sure what the arcatecture was so i went for the 386, would this cause > this error? can anyone help?? thanks!!
You've either not installed lilo on /dev/hda, if you have more than one drive, or have not run '/sbin/lilo' to put the MBR straight. I suggest you read and follow these instructions: http://www.hantslug.org.uk/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?LinuxHints/LostLILO -- Thomas Adam ===== "The Linux Weekend Mechanic" -- http://linuxgazette.net "TAG Editor" -- http://linuxgazette.net "<shrug> We'll just save up your sins, Thomas, and punish you for all of them at once when you get better. The experience will probably kill you. :)" -- Benjamin A. Okopnik (Linux Gazette Technical Editor) ___________________________________________________________ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - sooooo many all-new ways to express yourself http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
