1. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Hi well ive got a slight prob with LILO, ive been trying to delete my linux partition and merge my entire hard drive back into one but when I do so LILO is still there, even after I erase the linux partition and I was pretty sure that it was on the boot record or something anyway, but all it... (2 Replies)

2. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Does anyone know what LILO stands for and what it exactly does during the boot process? (1 Reply)

3. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

Guys, Any idea how to Install Lilo after Instal linux 7.2 ( 2.4.7 ). At first when i was installing Linux 7.2 i didnt install LILO because i have alllready installed Boot Magic from Power Quest (Having dual boot Windows2000 Server and Linux Red Hat7.2 ). I didnt install LILO because i was... (20 Replies)

4. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I have installed linux.. but it wont boot.. it says: "LI" and then my computer freezes.. it has worked before.. A couple of days ago, I tried to install OpenBSD.. I used the whole disk for it.. I think it's something with the MBR-settings I made in the OpenBSD installation.. How can... (1 Reply)

5. Filesystems, Disks and Memory

i hade and Win 2000 and and Linux 6.2 on a machine, the Lilo boot worked properly . . after i had changed the Partion size with Partion Magic in w2k and rebooted my computer hangs and just says "Li" in the upper left corner . . can some one plz explain to me where the problem is, can i get the... (1 Reply)

6. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

i hade and Win 2000 and and Linux 6.2 on a machine, the Lilo boot worked properly . . after i had changed the Partion size with Partion Magic in w2k and rebooted my computer hangs and just says "Li" in the upper left corner . . can some one plz explain to me where the problem is, can i get the... (2 Replies)

7. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I know that this question has been asked here many times before, but after 4hours of reading and conf file changing I'm still where I started. Here's the scenario. I have a machine that has 60GB HDD, RedHat 7.3 & Win2K. 19 first GB are win2k (FAT32; /dev/hda1). Then comes RedHat 7.3: hda2 -> /boot... (2 Replies)

8. UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers

I have a machine that dual boots win2k and linux, and we are handing it off so it no longer needs linux. Linux is a separate partition so I can delete the partition, but I need to remove lilo- how do I do that ? (7 Replies)

9. Red Hat

Does anyone know how to write a lilo.conf for lvm configurations. I have the devices addressed as: /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 / (root) /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol01 (swap) When running lilo, Error states: can't put the boot sector on logical partition 0xFD02 Would... (2 Replies)

10. Red Hat

I use redhat7.0, and I want to update kernel to 2.4.0,I make following steps: #gzip -cd linux-2.4.0.tar.gz | tar xvf - #cd linux #make mrproper #make config #make dep #make bzdisk #make modules #make modules_install #cp linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot then I modify lilo.conf,like... (0 Replies)