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[Adam Clark <adamsgl AT dhbit.ca>]

lol!  Now that's a funny typo.

Run Run!

*cough*

Anyhow.. thanks, I've fixed the typo and it'll show up in the installer in
the next full release.

Now, regarding your system - next time you do a fun install on it, could you
shell out and find out what the major + minor numbers are on your
/devices/discs/*/* and what they are on your /dev/hda?  I'd be curious to
know why your /devices isn't working during install.

On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 15:29:20 -0800
Eric Womack <eric AT sourcemage.com> wrote:

> Quoting Wyatt Draggoo <wyatt AT draggoo.com>:
> 
> > > Out of curiosity, is this option even necessary?  Ie, if, after doing
> > > the kernel install, you go and edit lilo.conf (which the menu option
> > > presents you with) and you put in the appropriate 'disc' instead of
> > > 'part',
> > doesn't
> > > that re-do the MBR properly?  If it does, is this something that
> > > should
> > be
> > > made clearer in the install guide?
> > > 
> > > If not, why not?
> > > 
> > > Obviously, I'd like to try and curb this kind of problem.
> > 
> > Maybe we should find out if we should switch the default to disc instead
> > of part.  I have *never* put LILO on anything but the MBR, and have to
> > change it during the install every time.  If the majority of the folks
> > installing SMGL are the same, we could change the default lilo.conf, and
> > add a notice saying we did so to the installer.
> 
> OK, I have gone back again and re-reinstalled, and when I put disc in plac
> 
> (with the latest ISO) it tells me that /devices/whatever does not exist. 
> In fact, this has been the case for me for a while and I have always had
> to put /dev/hda1 instead.  But even after doing that, it doesn't boot.
> 
> I don't mind having to install a dozen or so times on this machine, so I
> am open to more ideas and/or new updates.
> 
> Oh, there is a small typo in the installer.  When you select "Reconfigure 
> LILO"  at the bottom, the info section says" ... run-run /sbin/lilo"
> instead of re-run.
> 
> 
> 
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> 
> Eric Womack
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