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Re: [TCLUG:12432] lilo troubles of my own
I don't get a boot: prompt...it doesn't even see LILO. The BIOS thinks
the primary boot device is C:...and the SCSI bios says to boot ID 6 (the
SCSI HDD)
Philip C Mendelsohn wrote:
>
> On Sat, 15 Jan 2000, Adam Maloney wrote:
>
> > (the lowlevel wiped the MBR). I re-installed Linux and it still won't
> > boot. I don't get LI, I don't get LO...I get Missing Operating System.
>
> Can we assume that the lilo.conf file is in order?
>
> > If I can boot dos from the HDD, then this is a LILO problem, right? I
> > told Smackware setup to write LILO to the MBR, and I refreshed lilo
> > after I installed the kernel...what gives?
>
> What do you get if you hit 'tab' when you get the 'boot:' prompt?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Phil M.
>
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Adam Maloney
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