[plug] cannot boot server

[Daniel Foote]

Hello...

For what's it's worth, I've had machines do this before "at random".
For me, it was nothing to do with the disk, just LILO managed to kill
itself.

To fix it, I used the debian install CD to boot the system. At the
install CD's LILO prompt, something like "linux root=/dev/hda1" or
whatever your real root is will do that.

Once you're booted, log on as root, and then simply reinstall lilo:
"/sbin/lilo".

(Alternate way of booting system that sometimes works - use knoppix,
mount the root, chroot to it, and then /sbin/lilo it. Sometimes this
has other issues, though.)

And then it should work...

But check your disks anyway, that never hurts. (I say, having lost one
disk recently and another being a little funny).

Have fun!

Daniel Foote.