Lilo Problems

[Jefferson Cowart]

I've installed a new server (woody 3.0r1 + proposed updates + security
updates) on a system that is running with root on sda3. Lilo seems to be
having problems as on boot it outputs and L followed by 01 01 01 and on
and on. i.e. "L 01 01 01 01..." Any clues what the problem is? I'm able
to get in using cd3 as a rescue disk and specifying "rescue
root=/dev/sda1". The bios is configured to boot the SCSI drive first.

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Thanks
Jefferson Cowart
[email]Jeff@cowart.net[/email]


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[Kent West]

Jefferson Cowart wrote:

>I've installed a new server (woody 3.0r1 + proposed updates + security
>updates) on a system that is running with root on sda3. Lilo seems to be
>having problems as on boot it outputs and L followed by 01 01 01 and on
>and on. i.e. "L 01 01 01 01..." Any clues what the problem is? I'm able
>to get in using cd3 as a rescue disk and specifying "rescue
>root=/dev/sda1". The bios is configured to boot the SCSI drive first.
>
>Please CC me on any responses as I'm not subscribed to this list.
>
>

You might post the relevant bits of "/etc/lilo.conf". I suspect you have
a line:

You claim that your root is on /dev/sda3, yet your rescue works when you
point to /dev/sda1. There's some confusion here. I suspect this
confusion is also being "felt" by lilo.


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[Shawn Lamson]

On Wed, August 06 at 2:46 AM EDT
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Shawn Lamson
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[Jefferson Cowart]

Sorry I mis-typed the rescue line. My root is /dev/sda3 and I type
"rescure root=/dev/sda3". Below is my lilo.conf file with comments
removed. In addition I've included my /etc/fstab file and the output of
df -h to show my /boot partition is small and at the front of the drive.

==============
/etc/lilo.conf
==============
lba32
boot=/dev/sda
root=/dev/sda3
install=/boot/boot-menu.b
map=/boot/map
delay=20
vga=normal
default=Linux
image=/vmlinuz
label=Linux
read-only
# restricted
# alias=1
==============
/etc/fstab
==============
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump>
<pass>
/dev/sda3 / ext2 errors=remount-ro 0
1
/dev/sda2 none swap sw 0

0
proc /proc proc defaults 0

0
/dev/fd0 /floppy auto user,noauto 0

0
/dev/cdrom /cdrom iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0

0
/dev/sda1 /boot ext2 defaults 0
2
/dev/hda1 /var ext2 defaults 0
2
==============
df -h
==============
# df -h
Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/sda3 7.9G 229M 7.2G 3% /
/dev/sda1 45M 1.1M 42M 3% /boot
/dev/hda1 5.9G 106M 5.5G 2% /var



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Jefferson Cowart
[email]Jeff@cowart.net[/email]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kent West [mailto:westk@acu.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 05:19
> To: Jefferson Cowart
> Cc: [email]debian-user@lists.debian.org[/email]
> Subject: Re: Lilo Problems
>
>
> Jefferson Cowart wrote:
>

> >I've installed a new server (woody 3.0r1 + proposed updates

> + security

> >updates) on a system that is running with root on sda3. Lilo

> seems to be

> >having problems as on boot it outputs and L followed by 01

> 01 01 and on

> >and on. i.e. "L 01 01 01 01..." Any clues what the problem

> is? I'm able

> >to get in using cd3 as a rescue disk and specifying "rescue
> >root=/dev/sda1". The bios is configured to boot the SCSI drive first.
> >
> >Please CC me on any responses as I'm not subscribed to this list.
> >
> >

>
> You might post the relevant bits of "/etc/lilo.conf". I
> suspect you have
> a line:
>
> You claim that your root is on /dev/sda3, yet your rescue
> works when you
> point to /dev/sda1. There's some confusion here. I suspect this
> confusion is also being "felt" by lilo.
>
>
> --
> Kent West (westk@acu.edu)
>
>
>

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