Re: new Etch install fails to boot

On 07/31/2007 08:31 PM, Steve Kleene wrote:
> [...]
> Still, I verified that /etc/lilo.conf was there, and there were no grub
> files anywhere under /target (including under /boot). I finished the
> installation anyway, and found it totally bizarre when a reboot produced
> the same output as before, including "GRUB Loading stage1.5". It's as if
> this string lives on the MBR and I'm unable to overwrite it.
>

Which MBR? Each fixed disk can have its own MBR. It sounds like you have six ATA devices installed; the BIOS is trying to boot from one of those devices, and you need to write to the MBR for that device.

BTW, did you change /etc/lilo.conf to work with your system?

> Practically all I can think of now is trying to install Windows and see if
> that's even possible. That's pretty desperate.
>
> In case it's relevant, here's how fdisk showed the filesys in rescue mode:
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hde1 * 1 12 96358+ 83 Linux
> /dev/hde2 4819 5005 1502077+ 5 Extended
> /dev/hde3 12 4818 38604195 83 Linux
> /dev/hde5 4819 5005 1502046 82 Linux swap / Solaris
>
> I do appreciate all of your suggestions and am sorry this is going on so
> long.
>
>

Where are and what are the devices before /dev/hde?

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