From: Blasch Helmuth (blasch@flinux.tu-graz.ac.at)
Date: 08/06/93


From: blasch@flinux.tu-graz.ac.at (Blasch Helmuth)
Subject: Re: *ARGH* Never change a running system !!!
Date: 6 Aug 1993 08:03:15 GMT

Chris Vetter (cbvetter@rbg.informatik.th-darmstadt.de) wrote:
---- snip snap ----
: Next I tried to run Lilo, edited /etc/lilo/config and /etc/lilo/disktab (?)
: ran sh ./install and rebooted. All I got was a 'LI' and the machine stopped
: running. *ARGH* again ... (YES ! I activated /dev/sda1 by fdisk !!!)

maybe the line boot=/dev/sda at the start of the file /etc/lilo/config
will help..

: So I thought it's a kernel failure, and entered /usr/src/linux, ran
: 'make config' and edited 'Makefile' and missed the keyboard definitions !
: *ARGH*
: I DO know that an english keyboard leyout is more handy for UN*X/LinuX,
: but I prefer a german layout (don't wanna buy a new keyboard).

there is a tool, named loadkeys, available - ( sorry dont know the location
of the keytables, maybe etc/XXXXXXX or /usr/lib/keytables )

I hope this will help you...

                              helmuth.