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Re: [LUG] re install problem

 

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Julian Hall wrote:
> Simon Williams wrote:
>> Yep. The linux shell is amazing. Read the first part of this:
>> http://www.linuxcommand.org/lts0060.php
>>
>> Why do you need this anyway? Did you get some nodes (esp. hda*) in
>> /dev yet?
> Apologies for the length of this email.  Just summarising the current
> situation which is this:
>
> mount -t ext2 /dev/hda8 /mnt/hda8
> chroot /mnt/hda8

chroot /mnt/hda8 /bin/bash

> ls /dev/hda*      nothing
> mount /proc   <no error>
> mount /sys
> error:     mount: fs type sysfs not supported by kernel

probably don't actually need that

>
> fdisk -l - nothing happened - no errors anyway
>
> df
> Filesystem   1K-blocks    Used            Available    Use%    Mounted on
> sysfs           1964758       1122459    737477        61%    /sys
> devpts        1964758       1122459    737477        61%    /dev/pts
> tmpfs          1964758       1122459    737477        61%    /dev/shm
>
> cat /etc/lilo.conf
> boot=/dev/hda
> install=/boot/cboot.b
> message=/boot/splash.lilo
> timeout=300
> map=/boot/map
> prompt
> lba32
> read-only
> compact
> fix-table
> image=/vmlinuz
> label=Xandros_Desktop_3.0.1_OC
> vga=0xf04
> root=/dev/hda8
> initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.9-x1.gz
> append="quiet rw acpi=on "
> image=/vmlinuz
> label=Safe_Video_Mode
> vga=0xf04
> root=/dev/hda8
> initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.9-x1.gz
> append="quiet 3 rw acpi=on "
> image=/vmlinuz
> label=Configure_(Expert)
> vga=normal
> root=/dev/hda8
> initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.9-x1.gz
> append="single quiet rw acpi=on noresume noresume2 "
> other=/dev/hda1
> label=Windows®_XP
>

After this, try running

lilo -v

tell us what happens...
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Neil Stone

Systems Administrator
FlashTek UK

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