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  • From: elmarsa dice <elmarsadice AT yahoo.com>
  • To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [BL] Harddrive will not boot
  • Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 10:08:00 -0700 (PDT)



--- 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> elmarsa dice wrote:
> >
> > > > boot=/dev/hda1
> > > > image=/boot/zimage
> > > > label=BL3
> > > > root=/dev/hda1
> > > > read-write
> > >
> > > That should be: boot=/dev/hda
> >
> > because you point to hda1 in hd root=/dev/hda1
> > I assumed it should be the same in lilo.
>
> Yes, the root filesystem is at /dev/hda1
> and it is used both in "hd root=/dev/hda1"
> and in /etc/lilo.conf
>
> However, before Linux starts running on the root
> filesystem, it has to boot the kernel. That's what
> "boot=/dev/hda" is for. It tells lilo to boot the
> kernel directly from the MBR of the primary-master HD.
>
> The other (default) option is to boot the kernel from
> a partition (leaving the MBR untouched). That relies
> on an existing boot-loader in the MBR to boot your
> partition (because the partition table shows your
> partition as the boot partition). Apparently your
> existing MBR did not have a suitable boot-loader.
> So we use the "boot=/dev/hda" option to put lilo in
> the MBR (overwriting the existing boot-loader).
>
> > That worked.
>
> That's great news. Sorry it took so long to sort it out.

Thanks again for the help and for the explanation. Now I understand
it a little better.

>
> Cheers,
> Steven
>
>
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elmarsa

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