[plug] LILO, I mean LI

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On 2/23/06, Jonathan Young <jonathan at pcphix.com> wrote:
>
> OK, fstab reports hda1 is swap and hda2 is / (ext3) and no other
> paritions proc mounted from /proc (which as I understand it means from /
> once it is mounted.
>
> Therefore, I have all the info I need to chroot and run Lilo if a simple
> edit of lilo.conf does not work (remove the -menu bit) so that it
> reflects the files that are there.
>
> or can I rename /boot/boot.b to /boot/boot-menu.b  ??
>
> I was actually considering downloading the lilo for Ubuntu and installing
> it to my Live installation but chroot is a much smarter solution.
>
> Either way, my current conerns are:
>
> * lilo.conf refers to a file that does not exist on the line install=
> (see previous posts)
> * boot.b is shown in inverted colours when using ls and does not behave
> like a regular file - what's the deal (clearly a gap in my knowledge
> here)?
>
> Any final suggestions before I chroot and blow Lilo away?
>

Uh.. I have vague memories of doing stuff like this many years ago..
Things I vaguely remember:
when your done you need to unchroot (can't remember that process for
that) then umount all the mounted stuff you were chrooted in.
does ls -l explain boot.b a bit more? (linkages maybe?)

umm after you've chrooted I'd do a df -h to see if it's run out of
disk space.. sounds like /home etc are on the /

you should be able to rename files in the boot dir if you want.. but
for what purpose? backup?


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