On Tue, 2002-05-21 at 13:10, James Wallbank wrote: > > I suspect that the disk size issue may be a red herring: the root > partition is just 250mB. However, I did spot something strange: in > /etc/lilo.conf I read the line: > > boot=/dev/sda6 > > sda6 is a swap partition! Of course, I changed this to /dev/sda5 and (of > course) checked with fdisk that sda5 was marked as bootable, NOT sda6. > (It was - sda6 has never been marked as bootable... so why...?) > Does sda5 start after cylinder 1023 because Lilo has to use the bios to load the kernel. Why not try grub its a lot easier in situations like this! You can edit the boot lines at boot time and use tab completion like bash to find the correct disks and images to boot from. john -- John Cooper |Phone 0114 223 3052 Your Senior IT Administrator |Fax 0114 290 9192 Your Communications - Sheffield |email john.cooper@yourcommunications.co.uk ************************************************************************ Your Communications Ltd Portland House Moorfield Sheffield S3 8UG Switchboard number : 0114 290 9090 The information contained in this e-mail is intended only for the individual to whom it is addressed. It may contain privileged and confidential information. If you have received this message in error or there are any problems, please notify the sender immediately and delete the message from your computer. The unauthorised use, disclosure, copying or alteration of this message is forbidden. Your Communications Limited will not be liable for direct, special, indirect or consequential damage as a result of any virus being passed on, or arising from alteration of the contents of this message by a third party. Your Communications Limited (England and Wales No. 3842309) registered office Dawson House, Great Sankey, Warrington, WA5 3LW ************************************************************************ Disclaimer end.
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