hey craig... doh!!!! thanks... -----Original Message----- From: fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:fedora-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Craig White Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 6:17 PM To: For users of Fedora Subject: Re: dell optiplex 320 -lilo fedora 8/9 installation On Sun, 2008-07-06 at 18:08 -0700, bruce wrote: > Hi... > > Weird issue here, that I can't recall how I solved it before. Googled sites > aren't shedding any light either. > > I've got a dell optiplex 320 from an auction...I'm looking to install fedora > 8/9 on the box. I've performed the initial installation, where I created the > raw partition, and installed the basic fedora OS. > > I reformatted the drive to be: > / primary partition (ext3) > /boot 100M (ext3) > /swap 4G (swap) > > /etc/fstab > LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1 > LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2 > tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 > devpts /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 > sysfs /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 > proc /proc procs defaults 0 0 > LABEL=SWAP-sda3/ swap swap defaults 0 0 > > > e2label /dev/sda1 > /boot > > e2label /dev/sda2 > / > > > i manually configured the partitions for the drive and got the results > above. > > in order to install/boot fedora, you need to use lilo, instead of grub. > > so i downloaded/installed lilo, along with the config file for lilo > > lilo.conf: > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > boot=/dev/sda > map=/boot/System.map-2.6.23.1-42.fc8 > prompt > timeout=50 > lba32 > default=linux > > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.23.1-42.fc8 > label=linux > append="acpi=off pci=nomsi root=LABEL=/" > initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.23.1-42.fc8.img > read-only > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > the dir for "/mnt/sysimage/boot" is: > System.map-2.6.23.1-42.fc8 > config-2.6.23.1-42.fc8 > grub > initrd-2.6.23.1-42.fc8.img > lost+found > vmlinuz-2.6.23.1-42.fc8 > > when i do an lilo -v" > > i get the following err msg: > ---------------------------------------------------------- > Reading boot sector from /dev/sda > Fatal: Trying to map files from unnamed device 0x0001 (NFS/RAID mirror down > ?) > > so... i'm missing something and i can't see it!!! > > any thoughts/comments would be greatly appreciated... ---- chroot /mnt/sysimage # you must do this first lilo -v # lilo should be installed in /sbin # /mnt/sysimage/sbin before you chroot Craig -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
