-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 03/01/07 09:48, Arlie Stephens wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I'm hoping the collective wisdom of this list can point me at the > right TFM. I'm also somewhat inclined to vent. > > The problem - I tried to upgrade an elderly system from woody to > sarge. Now it doesn't boot. I suspect the upgrade ate the master boot > record - but I don't even know the right terminology to figure out > what to search for, to try to confirm my suspicions. > > The behavior - hangs during boot, almost immediately after noting the > absence of a bootable CD. It prints 2 characters before the hang: LI. > My suspicion - LI stands for LILO, and the "upgrade" disagreed with > whatever I *had* been using (LILO)? wanted me on something else (GRUB?) > and proceeded to make a mixed muddle that won't boot. > [snip] > *off* it. > > Final post script - this really looks like a hardware problem, and I > know systems sometimes develop issues that don't show until they are > rebooted (or power cycled). That's one reason I rebooted the system > once while it was still on woody. Since I encountered no problems > then, it's pretty clear the upgrade *is* the culprit, in spite > of appearances.
I googled for "linux boot only LI" and got some results. Do you have a live CD anywhere? Or a bootable DOS floppy disk? http://www.faqs.org/docs/lnag/lnag_lilo.html#LILO_stops -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFF5woxS9HxQb37XmcRAvjOAKCua4GUFeB6UiNzo8XuNxqdNevrpACgmBmG gaVNPQzb6axR/plXiNzHdSM= =M74m -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
