From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from fed1rmmtao103.cox.net (fed1rmmtao103.cox.net [68.230.241.43]) by speech.braille.uwo.ca (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4654410A15 for ; Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:57:33 -0400 (EDT) Received: from fed1rmimpo01.cox.net ([70.169.32.71]) by fed1rmmtao103.cox.net (InterMail vM.7.08.02.01 201-2186-121-102-20070209) with ESMTP id <20081011215809.TJGZ6482.fed1rmmtao103.cox.net@fed1rmimpo01.cox.net> for ; Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:58:09 -0400 Received: from lnx2.holmesgrown.com ([72.208.219.132]) by fed1rmimpo01.cox.net with bizsmtp id RZy81a00D2rzSAG03Zy8UJ; Sat, 11 Oct 2008 17:58:08 -0400 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=W0WQyM-OXhKW3p9oVf4A:9 a=2q1xsxqumU1xJHkcm7GJjL1ivAkA:4 a=rPt6xJ-oxjAA:10 X-CM-Score: 0.00 Received: from pillow.holmesgrown.com ([192.168.1.107] ident=8) by lnx2.holmesgrown.com with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1KomTR-0000T5-7Q for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:58:09 -0700 Received: from steve by pillow.holmesgrown.com with local (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1KomTH-0005rv-Qs for speakup@braille.uwo.ca; Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:57:59 -0700 Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 14:57:59 -0700 From: Steve Holmes To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: New Debian Install - HELP! Message-ID: <20081011215758.GA22409@pillow.holmesgrown.com> Mail-Followup-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca References: <20081011084227.GA21623@pillow.holmesgrown.com> <20081011100902.GA21715@pillow.holmesgrown.com> <48F08630.2080403@baechler.net> <20081011193208.GA15615@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-action=pgp-signed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081011193208.GA15615@localhost.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:57:33 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: RIPEMD160 Well, things are even worse now. In trying to isolate my problem, I took out the new drive that I was installing linux on and replaced it with my original (second drive) which had my old working slackware on it and I still can't boot. With my original drive, I even did a lilo - -r /mnt from my slackware CD and that appeared to go fine; I can't say I've ever experienced this kind of problem before. I'm trying to do everything to avoid having to completely re-install windows. I unfortunately need windows on my box for some time yet. For whatever reason, my MBR won't take the loader or won't boot for me. On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 12:32:08PM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 03:55:44AM -0700, Tony Baechler wrote: > > The solution is to > > not chroot. Instead, mount your boot partition under /boot or /mnt/boot > > and change your lilo.conf as needed temporarily. Run something like: > > > > lilo -C /mnt/etc/lilo.conf > > > > That should hopefully work, or at least give a useful error message. > > After you've got your lilo.conf setup the way you want, don't forget > to do > lilo -r /mnt > to reinstall lilo. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFI8SFlWSjv55S0LfERA6F8AKC/ArvNCjVwRWjrfWt5HZ0yTuNVNACffGYv /VhxetDenfV8M+i9IfT6kKc= =BYs9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----