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Re: [BL] recovering BL3

From: 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org
To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [BL] recovering BL3
Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 08:19:30 +1200

Prof. Mladen Pavicic wrote:
>
> > > I used the BL3 flopies to get to hda1
> >
> > Have you re-executed lilo -v ?
>
> Yes, but it is trying to merge the boot sector from
> the current root (/hda1) with /boot/boot.b which is
> in RAM and: "Sorry, don't know how to handle
> device 0x0100"

It sounds like you are running from the ramdisk.
You need to run from /dev/hda1 -- i.e. you need
to boot /dev/hda1 (not mount /dev/hda1).

Start floppy 1.
When it says LILO, press CTRL.
Type in: hd root=/dev/hda1
Press: ENTER

After /dev/hda1 boots, re-execute lilo -v
Does that help?

If not, edit /etc/lilo.conf (on /dev/hda1)
to put lilo in the MBR (/dev/hda).

Cheers,
Steven

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