Re: lilo / raid1 / mbr problem

On Thursday 23 June 2005 09:20, Dirk Bonenkamp - Bean IT wrote: Here is a link that should be of use to you with setting up raid1 from a debian install. http://nepotismia.com/debian/raidinstall/ bye for now peter colton > Hi All, > > Ru

Re: lilo / raid1 / mbr problem

hi ay On Thu, 23 Jun 2005, Dirk Bonenkamp - Bean IT wrote: > I wanted to reconfigure a server so that it used a raid 1 array instead of > just one disk. bad idea .. waste of time as oyu're finding out ... and whats the poit, you already have 1 disk of the 2-disk raid > Created a raid 1 arr

lilo / raid1 / mbr problem

Hi All, Running debian testing/unstable with 2.6.9 I wanted to reconfigure a server so that it used a raid 1 array instead of just one disk. This is what I did: Reconfigured the system so that it boots from /dev/hdc Created a raid 1 array (/dev/md0) on /dev/hda (/dev/hda1, just one raid pa

Re: MBR problem

Solved. Thanks for all who helped. Just couple of clarifications for those who refer this in future: "root" in grub corresponds to the drive where grub is installed, usually in /boot/grub root = (hdx,y) /* put hd inside the braces and not as shown in the message below) */ similarly setup(hd0

Re: MBR problem

On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 10:40, Michael Z Daryabeygi wrote: > Punit Ahluwalia wrote: > >I installed grub to /dev/hdc2 which is also /root. This is not a dual > > boot. It is plain and simple "Woody". > > > >How do I install grub to the MBR? > > you must start grub, either from in a working linux or by b

Re: MBR problem

Punit Ahluwalia wrote: I installed grub to /dev/hdc2 which is also /root. This is not a dual boot. It is plain and simple "Woody". How do I install grub to the MBR? you must start grub, either from in a working linux or by booting directly into grub. from the grub command line: $ root = hd(x,y

Re: MBR problem

On Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 12:43:32PM -0800, Punit Ahluwalia wrote: > I installed grub to /dev/hdc2 which is also /root. This is not a dual boot. > It is plain > and simple "Woody". > > How do I install grub to the MBR? If I understand your setup correctly, you want to install grub to hda. This is

Re: MBR problem

I installed grub to /dev/hdc2 which is also /root. This is not a dual boot. It is plain and simple "Woody". How do I install grub to the MBR? --- CW Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 10:00:38AM -0800, Punit Ahluwalia wrote: > > Thanks for the response. But I did dpkg

Re: MBR problem

On Tue, Nov 23, 2004 at 10:00:38AM -0800, Punit Ahluwalia wrote: > Thanks for the response. But I did dpkg -P lilo. yet, nothing chnages. > This sounds like your BIOS is trying to boot the old LILO boot sector rather than your grub boot sector. Are you installing grub to the MBR or to a partition

Re: MBR problem

Thanks for the response. But I did dpkg -P lilo. yet, nothing chnages. --- Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Punit Ahluwalia wrote: > > >After upgrading to kernel 2.6.7, my system does not bring up the lilo or > >grub menu. I > was > >using lilo initially but tried setting up grub, but it

Re: MBR problem

Punit Ahluwalia wrote: After upgrading to kernel 2.6.7, my system does not bring up the lilo or grub menu. I was using lilo initially but tried setting up grub, but it seems the problem is unrelated with either of them. After the BIOS transfers the control, the screen displays a message "searchi

MBR problem

After upgrading to kernel 2.6.7, my system does not bring up the lilo or grub menu. I was using lilo initially but tried setting up grub, but it seems the problem is unrelated with either of them. After the BIOS transfers the control, the screen displays a message "searching for the boot record

RE: MBR Problem

If your drive has more than 1024 cylinders, that can cause a problem as well. If it is, you might try repartitioning it into two partitions, then install potato on the first partition. Making sure of course that the first partition ends at cylinder 1023. Also, if you have SCSI drives, sometimes

RE: MBR Problem

I think I'm just going to resort to booting off a floppy. I appreciate all the help I've recieved. doc _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

RE: MBR Problem

hi doc those silly lilo problems could be due to many possible reasons... try each of the following... - boot off floppy ( best bet ) - boot into single user than run lilo again ( if it fails..try more of the following experiments - use a rescue disks and create a bootable flop

RE: MBR Problem

y linear instead of lba32, see if that helps. Finally, what sort of machine is this on? How old is the bios etc? -Original Message- From: The Doc [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2001 12:13 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: RE: MBR Problem I tried fdisk /mb

RE: MBR Problem

I tried fdisk /mbr and then reinstalled potato, installing lilo on /dev/hda1, not the MBR. I still get that shit when I boot. _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

RE: MBR Problem

sts.debian.org > Subject: MBR Problem > > > > Hello all, > > I need a way to clear my master boot record on my > first hard disk. No > matter how much I uninstall and reinstall lilo (or > potato), when I boot up, > I get > > LI 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40

RE: MBR Problem

fdisk /mbr should do it -Original Message- From: The Doc [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2001 11:46 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: MBR Problem Hello all, I need a way to clear my master boot record on my first hard disk. No matter how much I uninstall

MBR Problem

Hello all, I need a way to clear my master boot record on my first hard disk. No matter how much I uninstall and reinstall lilo (or potato), when I boot up, I get LI 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 40 4

Re: MBR problem with 486

Hello Frederik, * Frederik Vanrenterghem wrote: > Hi all, > > I've installed Debian 2.2 on an old 486 yesterday (which caused some minor > problems). Everything turned out fine in the end, except the boot > process. It's a Linux-only system, I've partitioned the disk as follows: > /dev/hda1: /bo

MBR problem with 486

Hi all, I've installed Debian 2.2 on an old 486 yesterday (which caused some minor problems). Everything turned out fine in the end, except the boot process. It's a Linux-only system, I've partitioned the disk as follows: /dev/hda1: /boot 5MB /dev/hda5: swap 50MB /dev/hda6: / the rest Lilo is used

Help! Messed up my MBR (PROBLEM SOLVED!!!)

Thanks goes out to all who responded to my plea for help. After reading everyones mail and falling back to a phrase we use in the Military "when all else fails, read the instructions!" I have my P90 back up and going again! I checked out my boot directory and found the following files: boot.0300