Am 17. Jul, 2001 schwäzte George so: > Matt, when you get to the lilo prompt, type "linux single" this will get > you into maintenance mode. (kind of lke safe mode in windows). Then type > "cfdisk" look for which partition says "linux" and look at the device > "/dev/...". Then quit that, edit "/etc/lilo.conf" and look for the line > "root=..." and change it to the device you found in cfdisk. If you can > find it add a line "root=/dev/..." obviously repalcing ... with the device > you found.
Doesn't help with the 2.4.x packages. They need the initrd to get the necessary drivers. The "linux single" is a good tip, however, for those who don't know about it. In this case, however, it won't work because it still expects the root filesystems ( as does my preferred "linux init=/bin/bash" ). Booting from install CD, however, gives you a shell on the 2nd virtual terminal ( <alt>-F2 ), and fdisk can be run from there. I've had to do that just a few times :). ciao, der.hans -- # [EMAIL PROTECTED] home.pages.de/~lufthans/ www.DevelopOnline.com # Magic is science unexplained. - der.hans
