TEST. Sorry if this annoys anyone. Something funny going on here. And hence spewed: Scot Jenkins<SNIP> > you are trying to boot using your existing root partition on the hard > drive, right? > > in lilo, it's something like this to boot single user using /dev/hda1 as > your root (/) partition: > > boot: linux 1 root=/dev/hda1 > > if you only have 1 floppy, you might try a tomsrtbt disk[1], manually > mount / and then run lilo chroot: > > mount -t ext2 /dev/hda1 /mnt > /mnt/sbin/lilo -r /mnt -v > > [1] http://www.toms.net/rb/ > > Lansing, Dan wrote: >> Loadlin is on a fat32 partition...c drive is ntfs but I don't think >> that should matter.....got a floppy drive from a guy here and loadlin >> likes that much better....hangs at booting kernel but I think if I >> play with it long enough I will either make it work or it will be time >> to go home....then that will be solved...i may just end up making some >> slack install floppy's but the supply room currently has only 5.25 >> floppy's.....jee....wonder why nobody wanted those.... >> >> Dan Lansing >> ITSC >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org >> [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org] On Behalf Of Scot Jenkins >> Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 12:13 PM >> To: TCLUG Mailing List >> Subject: Re: [TCLUG] install failure/lilo hates me >> >> Lansing, Dan wrote: >> > I'm using the loadlin that came on the slack9.1 disk....i do have a >> cf card I have been using to get the required files on to the win >> partition....it just seems that loadlin doesn't like xp but I know >> the feeling is mutual so there is no love lost there....just >> seething frustration.....a guy I work with is hooking me up with a >> floppy so hopefully in the next few minutes I should be having a >> happy day.... >> >> man, and I thought it was rough in the morning without coffee, but >> I've never tried it without Linux :) I understand your frustration. >> >> I suspect the XP install is on an NTFS and loadlin is unhappy about >> that. >> >> good luck. >> -- >> scot >> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list >> >> _______________________________________________ >> TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota >> http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org >> https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > > -- > scot > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list --------------------- Jentges.NET, Inc. Voice: 763.783.3702 Cell: 763.370.1201 --------------------- _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list