Comments for LILO
LILO Boot problem....
I've attempted several times to get lilo 22.3.2 to boot off of my hard drive and all i get on boot is either:
LI 01 01 01 01 01 01.... etc...
or
LI 99 99 99 99 99 99... etc...
so obviously the BIOS is able to read the MBR and it tries to start LILO but LILO just craps out on me.
my current lilo.conf:
prompt
timeout=150
lba32 (I've also tried linear)
boot=/dev/hde
default=linux
image=/boot/bzImage
label=linux
root=/dev/hde3
read-write #for reiserfs
i've used a similar config before so i know map & install don't need to be specified with LILO 22.*
hde is on a Promise Ultra100 controller on an Asus A7V133 mobo...
Re: LILO with Windows XP Pro.
Please correspond directly with Project Admin. You can put together the correct e-mail address from my freshmeat page, or use the e-mail address in the source code.
LILO with Windows XP Pro.
I have had no problem using lilo with windows me, nt, or 2k. but when i tried to use lilo with Windows XP Pro, i get a message that says "L?" and it wont load windows. any help?
Developer's site moved
The developer's site has been moved. The URL is unchanged, but is now re-directed to that site. The 'obsolete' sub-directory will be unavailable on this host.
Re: Several FAT's and a Ext3 on 2 IDE Drives
Are you using version 22.3? Some time ago (version 21.7) an interaction between "map-drive" and "change" rules was reported. The current release contains updates to the chain loader to correct this interaction.
Re: Several FAT's and a Ext3 on 2 IDE Drives
The Freshmeat forum is more appropriate for Q/A of general interest.
Please direct further correspondence to the e-mail address 1). in the LILO source documentation, or 2). in my Freshmeat profile. (They are the same).
Re: Several FAT's and a Ext3 on 2 IDE Drives
I'm sorry I didn't post the right lilof.conf file:
this is lilo2.conf: (the one I use):
boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
vga=normal
default=linux
keytable=/boot/be2-latin1.klt
lba32
prompt
nowarn
timeout=50
message=/boot/message
menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
disk=/dev/hda
bios=0x80
disk=/dev/hdc
bios=0x81
ignore-table
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=linux
root=/dev/hda5
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append="quiet devfs=mount"
vga=788
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=linux-nonfb
root=/dev/hda5
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append="devfs=mount"
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=failsafe
root=/dev/hda5
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append="failsafe devfs=nomount"
read-only
other=/dev/fd0
label=floppy
unsafe
other=/dev/hda1
label=BOOT
table=/dev/hda
change
partition=/dev/hda1
set=DOS16_big_normal
activate
partition=/dev/hdc1
set=DOS16_big_normal
deactivate
partition=/dev/hdc2
set=FAT32_normal
deactivate
partition=/dev/hdc3
set=FAT32_lba_normal
deactivate
other=/dev/hdc2
label=GAMES
table=/dev/hdc
map-drive=0x80
to=0x81
map-drive=0x81
to=0x80
change
partition=/dev/hda1
set=DOS16_big_hidden
deactivate
partition=/dev/hdc1
set=DOS16_big_hidden
deactivate
partition=/dev/hdc2
set=FAT32_normal
activate
partition=/dev/hdc3
set=FAT32_lba_normal
deactivate
other=/dev/hdc3
label=VIDEO
table=/dev/hdc
map-drive=0x80
to=0x81
map-drive=0x81
to=0x80
change
partition=/dev/hda1
set=DOS16_big_hidden
deactivate
partition=/dev/hdc1
set=DOS16_big_hidden
deactivate
partition=/dev/hdc2
set=FAT32_hidden
deactivate
partition=/dev/hdc3
set=FAT32_lba_normal
activate
other=/dev/hdc1
label=REPAIR
table=/dev/hdc
map-drive=0x80
to=0x81
map-drive=0x81
to=0x80
change
partition=/dev/hda1
set=DOS16_big_hidden
deactivate
partition=/dev/hdc1
set=DOS16_big_normal
activate
partition=/dev/hdc2
set=FAT32_normal
deactivate
partition=/dev/hdc3
set=FAT32_lba_normal
deactivate
Re: Several FAT's and a Ext3 on 2 IDE Drives
> fdisk /dev/hdc
> a 2 (deactivate hdc2)
> t 2 1b (hide winME)
> a 3 (activate hdc3)
> w (write changes)
> reboot
>
> and then i can select win98(hdc3) to
> boot.
>
> I'd like to do this with lilo.
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Read the information on 'change rules' in the README in the source directory. There may
If you are lucky, several "change automatic"s may work; if not, you'll have to enumerate the change rules EXPLICITLY. This will be a bit of typing, but you can enumerate the partition types to change, and the partitions to activate/deactivate. I think changing the types will be sufficient.
Re: Several FAT's and a Ext3 on 2 IDE Drives
I did what you asked but there's no change in symptoms
Re: LILO Boot problem....
Please correspond directly with the maintainer. My e-mail address can be derived from the freshmeat listing, or can be obtained in the source distribution.
--John