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["Malcolm Lockyer" <m.lockyer AT quicker.net.nz>]

I did - just to make sure - I should be changing the root to ..../disc -
not disc 0 or anything right?

Anything I'm missing?


Thanks again...

Malcolm Lockyer

Head of Tech
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Net Stream Internet Limited.
Cell. 0252586121
Ph. 07 8570033
Fax. 07 8593434
www. www.quicker.net.nz
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-----Original Message-----
From: sm-discuss-admin AT lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:sm-discuss-admin AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Eric Womack
Sent: Saturday, 7 September 2002 6:12 p.m.
To: Malcolm Lockyer
Cc: sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] Possibly newbie problems with SM install

Quoting Malcolm Lockyer <m.lockyer AT quicker.net.nz>:

> Hi all,
> 
> Source Mage looks great - I've been looking for a better distro than
> red
> hat or debian - this looks exactly like what I need. Anyways - I'm
> having problems installing it on an old (PII 450) test machine...
> 
> Sorry if this question has been answered n+1 times - but I'm having a
> problem with the source mage install process.
> 
> Installation goes fine - but when I reboot after successfully
> completing
> the install I'm told it can't find an operating system. It seems to me
> like lilo isn't writing the boot sector. I say yes to modifying the
> lilo
> configuration - and as it says change disc0/partion (some number) to
> disc.
> 
> Is this a problem to do with the installer - or am I just screwing up?
> 
> Any ideas how to fix it? I don't really want to go through the install
> process again if I can avoid it.
> 
> 
> 
> THANKS!! (in advance :)
> 
> 
> Malcolm Lockyer
> 
> Head of Tech
> -------
> Net Stream Internet Limited.
> Cell. 0252586121
> Ph. 07 8570033
> Fax. 07 8593434
> www. www.quicker.net.nz
> ------------------------------------
>  
> 

I want to help, but I don't understand:

Did you change lilo.conf to .../disc or not?


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Eric Womack
System Administrator
Las Vegas Data LLC