I can not install lilo in a Compact Flash, what is wrong???

[webquinty]

Hello,

I find several tutorials about how to install lilo in a compact flash, but it is impossible.

• 1.- Create a new ext2 partition, and make it bootable.
• 2.- Use mkfs.ext2 to format partition.
• 3.- Mount compact flash use usb car reader.
• 4.- Create a etc folder with lilo.conf file with this code:
  
  • boot=/dev/sda
  • disk=/dev/sda
  • bios=0x80
  • image=/boot/bzImage
  • root=/dev/sda1
  • append=""
  • label="Linux"
  • read-only
• 5.- Create new devices in /dev folder:
  
  • mknod -m660 /dev/sda b 8 0
  • mknod -m660 /dev/sda1 b 8 1

And finally, I execute the follow comand:

lilo -r /media/sda1 -C etc/lilo.conf

But lilo return me a error, can not open sda device.

Can anybody help me or more information about how to install lilo in a compact flash.

Best regards

[vonbiber]

first, are you sure the device name for your usb drive is /dev/sda?
1. insert your usb flash, wait a few seconds
2. cat /proc/partitions
what do you see at the end of the different lines (sda, sdb, ...?)

If your internal hard drive is a SCSI or a SATA disk it's affected the
/dev/sda device, then your external
usb drive (if it's a disk or a flash key) should be /dev/sdb

now if you're using a memory card (such as the ones used in cameras)
depending on how recent is your system it could be
/dev/sda or /dev/sdb, ...
or something like
/dev/mmcblk0p1

The best way to find that out is to
# cat /proc/partitions