Lilo won't install itself

[Disorienterad]

hi, i'm new to the Linux OS so i need some help with a problem. i have installed Slackware now, but when i try to install Lilo it just won't work. i have tried to install it in on a floppy, in the rootblock and the mbr and nothing works so i have to bott from a boot disk i made during the installation of Slackware. any1 know how i should do?

[scuzzman]

What is the error?

[Disorienterad]

it just says "sorry, but the attempt to install LILO has returned an error, so LILIO has not been correctly installed.You'll have to use a bootdisc to start your machine instead.It should be possible to get LILO working by editing the /etc/lilo.conf then reinstalling it manually."

you know what to do?

[mccleway]

I have found that when I get this message, LILO is usually already installed but not working properly. When you boot up without a floppy, what happens?

Boot from the floppy, and view your /etc/lilo.conf file to make sure your image(s) is/are setup properly. After you save your changes, be sure to run /sbin/lilo. This will read your lilo.conf file and apply it to LILO, You will see a confirmation message or any error messages it incurs.


Hope this helps.

[Disorienterad]

when i boot without any disc it says that a non-system disc is in the drive and that i should remove it and press any key

ok.thx. but where can i see what images i have installed? i don't remember which i have..

[budman7]

Post the output of these two commands after you boot with the bootdisk.

uname -a

less /etc/lilio.conf

Then we should be able to help you to put what you need into lilo.conf

[Disorienterad]

this is what i get when i run the commands:

uname -a

Linux Burken 2.4.26 #6 Mon Jun 14 19:07:27 PDT 2004 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux


less /etc/lilo.conf


# Start LILO global section
lba32 # Allow booting past 1024th cylinder with a recent BIOS
boot = /dev/hda
message = /boot/boot_message.txt
prompt
timeout = 1200
# Override dangerous defaults that rewrite the partition table:
change-rules
reset
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x256
vga = 773
# Normal VGA console
# vga = normal
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x64k
# vga=791
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x32k
# vga=790
# VESA framebuffer console @ 1024x768x256
# vga=773
# VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x64k
# vga=788
# VESA framebuffer console @ 800x600x32k
# vga=784
# VESA framebuffer console @ 640x480x256
# vga=769
# End LILO global section
# Linux bootable partition config begins
image = /boot/vmlinuz
root = proc
label = Linux
read-only
# Linux bootable partition config ends

[Flatline]

Shouldn't

root=proc

be something more like

root=/dev/hd*

?

And does your system have an initrd.img file in /boot? If so, you'll want to specify that in your lilo.conf

[Disorienterad]

i changed the root= proc to root= /dev/hda1 which is my root, but now when i try to boot whitout the bootdisc i get following message: "Missing Operation System".

[budman7]

After making the change to lilo did you execute the command

/sbin/lilo

And Slack is on the first partition right.

fdisk -l

will tell you where all of your partitions.