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Re: [BL] recovering BL3

From: mpavicic AT grad.hr (Prof. Mladen Pavicic)
To: baslinux AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [BL] recovering BL3
Date: Sun, 23 Jul 2006 00:55:15 +0200

Hi!

On Sun, Jul 23, 2006 at 08:19:30AM +1200, 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:
> 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

OK. I did so.

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

No.

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

Yes, this solves the problem. Thanks a lot.
BTW, does this mean that some sectors of hda1 are
corrupted or that something was incorrectly written
by the system?

Cheers,

Mladen.

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