[NTLUG:Discuss] Boot Up help

[MadHat]

At 01:07 PM 8/2/2001 -0500, you wrote:


>this may add more confusion, but shouldn't that be prefixed by "linux"?
>as in :
>
>boot:  linux root=/dev/hda5
>

Actually it would be preceded by the name of the image you want to boot 
from as assigned in LILO (assuming you are using lilo), which most distros 
do set to Linux, but some do not.

You can usually get a listing by hitting [TAB] at the LILO: prompt.

>On Thu, 2 Aug 2001, Fred James wrote:
>
> > Have you tried just booting (i.e.: restarting (hot or cold) your machine
> > with the boot disk in the floppy drive)?
> > What result do you get then?
> >
> > Clint Tredway wrote:
> > >
> > > I am using Caldera Open Linux 2.4. I am using the boot disk to boot into
> > > linux(dual boot system) and I need help.
> > >
> > > I forgot what the command is to boot up linux... this is what I have 
> tried:
> > > at the boot prompt
> > > root=dev/hda5
> > > root=hda5
> > > root=/dev/hda5
> > >
> > > and some others but I always get, kernel not found.
> > >
> > > Can someone help me?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > > Clint
> > >
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