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Les Myer @ Hotmail wrote:
>
> When I execute "lilo-v", the following appears:
> -------------------------------------
> Reading boot sector from current root.
> Merging with /boot/boot.b
> Boot image: /boot/zimage
> Added BL3 *
> Writing boot sector
> -----------------------------------

It looks like lilo is installing OK.

> > > Here is the content of my /etc/lilo.conf:
> > > ----------------------------------------------------------
> > > # boot=/dev/hda ###  puts lilo in MBR of primary harddrive
> > > image=/boot/zimage
> > >   label=BL3
> > >   root=CURRENT
> > >   read-write
> > > ----------------------------------------------------------

Since read-write is specified in your lilo.conf, it should
be booting read-write.

> > > "VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly".

But clearly it isn't read-write.  Something weird is going on.

> I did make new partitions "linux native" (hda1) and 
> "linux swap" (hda2) 
> I did subsequently perform "mke2fs /dev/hda1" 

OK, try this in your /etc/lilo.conf
------------------
boot=/dev/hda 
image=/boot/zimage
label=BL3
root=/dev/hda1
read-write
------------------
Then execute:  lilo -v


Cheers,
Steven

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