perhaps you should make the linux root partition bootable (if you haven't done it already)
Manos Papantoniou Ken Deboy wrote: > > Hello, > I'm having trouble installing LILO inder Debian 1.3.1 (installing > from floppies). > My disks: > /dev/hda DOS/Win3.1 boot > /dev/hdb1 DOS FAT16 > /dev/hdb2 Linux Swap > /dev/hdb3 Linux Root > /dev/hdb4 Minix > > My /etc/lilo.conf file: > > boot=/dev/hda > compact > vga=normal > install=/boot/boot.b > map=/boot/map > ramdisk=0 > prompt > timeout=200 > message=/boot/startup.message > default=3 > ## LINUX > image=/vmlinuz > root=/dev/hdb3 > read-only > label=3 > ## DOS/Windows > other=/dev/hda1 > table=/dev/hda > label=1 > ## MINIX > other=/dev/hdb4 > label=2 > > When I run LILO, the HD light comes on for a second, I get a message > that 1 and 2 are added... then I reboot and instead of LILO coming > up, the computer just boots DOS. Shouldn't the line > > boot=/dev/hda > > cause LILO to write itself to the MBR of the first HD? Any ideas? I'm > sure the HD is OK - it worked last week under a different Linux but I > want to run Debian. I made sure I turned off all the anti-virus stuff > under DOS, too, just in case before booting Debian from floppy and > running LILO. Thanks... > > Ken Deboy > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- > TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? > e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
