[NTLUG:Discuss] Boot Up help

[MadHat]

At 02:06 PM 8/2/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>I am not using LILO... I have never gotten LILO to work properly. That is 
>why I am using a boot disk.

What distro are you using?
What prompt do you see when you boot from the disk?
Did the install make thye boot disk for you, or are you using the install 
disk as a boot disk?



>>From: MadHat <madhat at unspecific.com>
>>Reply-To: discuss at ntlug.org
>>To: discuss at ntlug.org
>>Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Boot Up help
>>Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2001 13:37:59 -0500
>>
>>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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