Re: fatal error on RH partition

2003-06-19 Thread ajlewis2
In linux.debian.user, you wrote: > hey all, > > in trying to partition this machine up and install various OSes on it, > i've managed to screw up a lot. there's a redhat install on a > different partition, and though i can mount it, i can't boot into it. > > more specifically, if i add a stanza

Re: fatal error on RH partition

2003-06-19 Thread Roberto Sanchez
--- Nori Heikkinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > that symlink is already there. > > > If not, I would try booting into RH and running lilo fro within RH. > > the whole problem with this was that i couldn't boot into redhat. > still can't. > > thanks, > > > Oh, right. I forgot. As root,

Re: fatal error on RH partition

2003-06-19 Thread Nori Heikkinen
on Thu, 19 Jun 2003 04:47:48PM +0200, Roberto Sanchez insinuated: > --- Nori Heikkinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > > > Comment out (or remove) the boot= and install= lines and try runing > > > lilo again through chroot. > > > > almost the same error: > > > > spycellar:~# chroot /mnt lilo

Re: fatal error on RH partition

2003-06-19 Thread Roberto Sanchez
--- Nori Heikkinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > > Comment out (or remove) the boot= and install= lines and try runing > > lilo again through chroot. > > almost the same error: > > spycellar:~# chroot /mnt lilo -b /dev/hda5 > Fatal: open /boot/boot.b: No such file or directory > > i tried

Re: fatal error on RH partition

2003-06-19 Thread Nori Heikkinen
on Thu, 19 Jun 2003 12:33:01AM +0200, Roberto Sanchez insinuated: > --- Nori Heikkinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > on Wed, 18 Jun 2003 > 10:29:19PM +0200, Roberto Sanchez insinuated: > > > --- Nori Heikkinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > > > > i get an error about booting though: > > > >

Re: fatal error on RH partition

2003-06-18 Thread Roberto Sanchez
--- Nori Heikkinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > on Wed, 18 Jun 2003 10:29:19PM +0200, Roberto Sanchez insinuated: > > --- Nori Heikkinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > > > i get an error about booting though: > > > > > > spycellar:~# chroot /mnt lilo -b /dev/hda5 > > > Ignoring entry 'boot

Re: fatal error on RH partition

2003-06-18 Thread Nori Heikkinen
on Wed, 18 Jun 2003 10:29:19PM +0200, Roberto Sanchez insinuated: > --- Nori Heikkinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > > i get an error about booting though: > > > > spycellar:~# chroot /mnt lilo -b /dev/hda5 > > Ignoring entry 'boot' > > Fatal: open /boot/boot.b: No such file or directory > >

Re: fatal error on RH partition

2003-06-18 Thread Roberto Sanchez
--- Nori Heikkinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > i get an error about booting though: > > spycellar:~# chroot /mnt lilo -b /dev/hda5 > Ignoring entry 'boot' > Fatal: open /boot/boot.b: No such file or directory > > this seems to be related to my earlier problem, though i'm not sure > what to

Re: fatal error on RH partition

2003-06-18 Thread Nori Heikkinen
on Wed, 18 Jun 2003 12:12:39AM +0200, Roberto Sanchez insinuated: > If you boot into Debian and mount your RH partition on /mnt, then > you need to run 'chroot /mnt lilo -b /dev/hda5' (no need to specify > an odd location for the config file). > > That way, the system will temporarily pretend that

Re: fatal error on RH partition

2003-06-17 Thread Roberto Sanchez
--- Nori Heikkinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > on Tue, 17 Jun 2003 01:53:30AM +0200, Roberto Sanchez insinuated: > > --- Nori Heikkinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > > > hey all, > > > > > > in trying to partition this machine up and install various OSes on it, > > > i've managed to scre

Re: fatal error on RH partition

2003-06-17 Thread Nori Heikkinen
on Tue, 17 Jun 2003 01:53:30AM +0200, Roberto Sanchez insinuated: > --- Nori Heikkinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > > hey all, > > > > in trying to partition this machine up and install various OSes on it, > > i've managed to screw up a lot. there's a redhat install on a > > different partit

Re: fatal error on RH partition

2003-06-16 Thread Roberto Sanchez
--- Nori Heikkinen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > hey all, > > in trying to partition this machine up and install various OSes on it, > i've managed to screw up a lot. there's a redhat install on a > different partition, and though i can mount it, i can't boot into it. > > more specifically,

fatal error on RH partition

2003-06-16 Thread Nori Heikkinen
hey all, in trying to partition this machine up and install various OSes on it, i've managed to screw up a lot. there's a redhat install on a different partition, and though i can mount it, i can't boot into it. more specifically, if i add a stanza (really basic, like below) to my /etc/lilo.conf