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- From: creacy@yuppie.enet.dec.com (Chet Creacy)
- Subject: Re: Need help booting Linux off HD
- Message-ID: <1993Jan2.202342.10290@nntpd2.cxo.dec.com>
- Sender: usenet@nntpd2.cxo.dec.com (USENET News System)
- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
- References: <72759@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 22:22:11 GMT
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- In article <72759@cup.portal.com>, DO@cup.portal.com (JEFF SCOTT MARCUS) writes...
- >I am having troubles installing Lilo .7 on my system. I am trying to
- >install it on a 100MB IDE with an 8MB DOS active partition and a 64MB
- >Linux partition. I finaly got Lilo installed (and kept from stomping my
- >DOS primary) and DOS boots up fine, Linux however does not. Here is my
- >Lilo config. file -
- >
- >install=/etc/lilo/boot.b
- >boot=/dev/hda
- >delay=10
- >other=/dev/hda1
- >table=/dev/hda
- >image=/Image
- >
- >When I run Lilo I get this message -
- >
- >Reading boot sector from /dev/hda
- >Merging with /etc/lilo/boot.b
- >Device 0x0302: BIOS drive 0x80, 7 heads, 868 cylinders,
- > 34 sectors. Partition offset: 12376 sectors.
- >Secondary loader: 3 sectors.
- >Device 0x0302: BIOS drive 0x80, 7 heads, 868 cylinders,
- > 34 sectors. Partition offset: 34 sectors.
- >Mapped 2 (1+1) sectors.
- >Added hda1
- > <dev=0x80,hd=4,cyl=122,sct=67>
- >Boot image: /Image
- >Device 0x0302: BIOS drive 0x80, 7 heads, 868 cylinders,
- > 34 sectors. Partition offset: 12376 sectors.
- >Mapped 846 sectors.
- >Added Image
- > <dev=0x80,hd=4,cyl=122,sct=68>
- >Map file size: 7168 bytes.
- >
- >Now when I boot Linux everything looks normal until it reaches the
- >"partition tables ok" message and then I get -
- >
- >MINIX-fs: Unable to read superblock
- >EXT-fs: Unable to read superblock (never used mkefs)
- >MSDOS bread failed
- >isofs_read_super: bread failed, dev 0x343 iso_blknum16
- >Kernel panic: Unable to mount root
- >
- >And then it dies :( I am brand new to Linux/Unix and cant find mention in
- >the docs I have (and dont know how to use TeX to read the large Lilo
- >docs, sniff) so would some kind soul please help me out ... hmmmmm??
- >Oh btw, I am using the latest SLS root/boot release.
- >
- >
- >Jeff Marcus
- >DO@cup.portal.com
-
- I'm have the very same problem and I have printed the Lilo postscript doc.
- It hasn't helped me to fix the problem.
-
- Anyone have any ideas?
-
- Thanks,
-
- Chet
-