Tom, thanks for that detailed explanation.
The key for me was
>Lilo includes several files. One is "lilo", one is "boot.b".
>
>Those files must come from the same version of lilo.
I didnt appreciate that both "lilo" and "boot.b"
would be on a rescue disk that had Lilo on it.
regards,
Jack
>From: Tom Oehser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: restore--how?
> > > > lilo -r /linux -v
> > >
> > >No. This is the wrong way to do it. You are likely to get a version
> > >conflict as you will be running the lilo executable on tomsrtbt against
> > >the boot.b file on your system.
> >
> > uhh, i don't get it.
> > what exactly conflicts with what?
>
>I don't get what you don't get.
>
>Lilo includes several files. One is "lilo", one is "boot.b".
>
>Those files must come from the same version of lilo.
>
> > it seems to me if there is a valid lilo executable on tomsrtbt
> > then it should work.
>
>Maybe it should, but it doesn't.
>
> > why should there be any question of a conflict
> > depending on where you are picking up the lilo executable?
>
>Because you are not picking up boot.b from the same place.
>
>Say, tomsrtbt includes lilo version 20, and the -r makes it look on your
>disk for boot.b, and boot.b is from version 21. When you use "lilo -r",
>it picks up the boot.b file from the new root, which will likely not
>match.
>
>Lilo will refuse to run.
>
>Maybe it *SHOULD* work. But it doesn't. Lilo *REQUIRES* that boot.b come
>from the same version of lilo.
>
> > I am sure I am missing an obvious point here....
>
>Just that it is known not to work. I have not researched any of the
>"why" questions. Of course, you could set up a lilo.conf file to point to
>the boot.b file distributed with tomsrtbt. But, it is much easier to just
>use chroot. Again,
>
> "lilo -r /mnt/linux" # probably fails
>
> "chroot /mnt/linux /sbin/lilo" # probably works
>
>because in the second case the version of "lilo" and "boot.b" will be in
>sync, in the first, they may or may not be in sync.
>
>-Tom
>
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