Sorry I mis-typed the rescue line. My root is /dev/sda3 and I type
"rescure root=/dev/sda3". Below is my lilo.conf file with comments
removed. In addition I've included my /etc/fstab file and the output of
df -h to show my /boot partition is small and at the front of the drive.
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/etc/lilo.conf
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lba32
boot=/dev/sda
root=/dev/sda3
install=/boot/boot-menu.b
map=/boot/map
delay=20
vga=normal
default=Linux
image=/vmlinuz
label=Linux
read-only
# restricted
# alias=1
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/etc/fstab
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# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump>
<pass>
/dev/sda3 / ext2 errors=remount-ro 0
1
/dev/sda2 none swap sw 0
0
proc /proc proc defaults 0
0
/dev/fd0 /floppy auto user,noauto 0
0
/dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0
0
/dev/sda1 /boot ext2 defaults 0
2
/dev/hda1 /var ext2 defaults 0
2
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df -h
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# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3 7.9G 229M 7.2G 3% /
/dev/sda1 45M 1.1M 42M 3% /boot
/dev/hda1 5.9G 106M 5.5G 2% /var
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Thanks
Jefferson Cowart
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kent West [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 05:19
> To: Jefferson Cowart
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Lilo Problems
>
>
> Jefferson Cowart wrote:
>
> >I've installed a new server (woody 3.0r1 + proposed updates
> + security
> >updates) on a system that is running with root on sda3. Lilo
> seems to be
> >having problems as on boot it outputs and L followed by 01
> 01 01 and on
> >and on. i.e. "L 01 01 01 01..." Any clues what the problem
> is? I'm able
> >to get in using cd3 as a rescue disk and specifying "rescue
> >root=/dev/sda1". The bios is configured to boot the SCSI drive first.
> >
> >Please CC me on any responses as I'm not subscribed to this list.
> >
> >
>
> You might post the relevant bits of "/etc/lilo.conf". I
> suspect you have
> a line:
>
> You claim that your root is on /dev/sda3, yet your rescue
> works when you
> point to /dev/sda1. There's some confusion here. I suspect this
> confusion is also being "felt" by lilo.
>
>
> --
> Kent West ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>
>
>
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