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Mr Christopher Rose wrote:
>
> installing BL3 onto the hard drive. 
> However, I can not get the boot loader to work. 
>
> I hit ctrl at lilo 
> and type hd root=/dev/hda1 
> then at the command promt I type lilo -v 
>
> and it gives me a message that it has installed 
> and mergered lilo but when I attempt to boot the 
> computer without the boot disk, nothing happens. 

Before executing 'lilo -v', edit /etc/lilo.conf
and remove the # in front of "boot=/dev/hda".
Then execute "lilo -v".  

> the floppy drive on the laptop is broken and 
> I have to install BL3 by disconnecting the hard 
> drives from my tower and hooking up the laptop's 
> hard drive in its place

Are you connecting the HD as the master drive on
the primary IDE cable?  If not, lilo.conf will 
point lilo at /dev/hdb or /dev/hdc or /dev/hdd 
(depending on where you connected the HD).

The BL3 lilo.conf assumes you are currently running
on the partition you want lilo to boot:
------------
root=CURRENT
------------
If not, you must specify the target partition. 

> My partitions are as follows:
>    hda1 (bootable) start cyl 1 end cyl 816
>    hda2 (swap) start 817 end 1016

root=/dev/hda1

Cheers,
Steven

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