Re: Linux Boot

[Hervey Allen <hervey at nsrc.org>]

On Sat, 08 Jun 2002 08:48:18 -0700 (PDT)
joelaw at justice.com wrote:

> hi hervey,
> 
> i created the /boot first as you suggested and the
> intallation is now ok! but i may need more help as this
> is my first linux installation.
> 
> thanks and kind regards,
> 
> -Joe

Excellent! That is good to hear. Good luck and feel free to post to myself and the list. There is quite a bit of expertise among the folks on AfNOG.

Sincerely,
	- Hervey

> 
> Hervey Allen wrote
> 
> > 
> > On Fri, 07 Jun 2002 12:56:16 -0700 (PDT)
> > joelaw at justice.com wrote:
> > 
> > > hi,
> > > 
> > > i'm installing my first linux box but i have a
> problem
> > > booting it up. I did not come across any screen that
> > > talks about either installing LILO or creating a
> boot
> > > diskette and as such after the whole installation,
> my
> > > system wouldn't boot. 
> > > 
> > > How can i solve this? i tried to fdisk the MBR and
> > > reinstall the linux again but it still did not come
> up
> > > with the screen to ask if i wanted to install LILO
> or
> > > creat a boot disk ... any way around this?
> > > 
> > > regards
> > > 
> > > -Joe
> > > 
> > 
> > Hello Joe - We'll probably need some more details to
> help, but in general, here are a few things that can
> cause problems:
> > 
> > * You are installing Linux on top of another OS (like
> Windows).
> > * If you are using an older distribution, then lilo
> needs the boot partition to end before cyclinder 1024
> on your disk (or, actually, the bootable image should
> end before cylinder 1024).
> > * You are writing the lilo boot record somewhere
> other than the MBR and you already have a boot record
> in the MBR (Windows, other OS).
> > 
> > If you are installing to a machine with no other OS
> installed, then make a small'ish boot partition (100MB
> should be plenty of space) as your first partition,
> label this "/boot" - If asked, place the boot record in
> the MBR.
> > 
> > Can you let us know the following if none of this
> helps:
> > 
> > 	* Distirbution and version you are installing.
> > 	* Error message,or behavior, you see upon rebooting.
> > 	* Are you installing on top of another OS (that is,
> are you trying to dual boot)?
> > 		- If so, what OS.
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > 
> > Sincerely,
> > 	- Hervey Allen
> > 
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> > > 
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