From: creacy@yuppie.enet.dec.com (Chet Creacy) Subject: Re: Need help booting Linux off HD Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 22:22:11 GMT
In article <72759@cup.portal.com>, DO@cup.portal.com (JEFF SCOTT MARCUS) writes...
>I am having troubles installing Lilo .7 on my system. I am trying to
>install it on a 100MB IDE with an 8MB DOS active partition and a 64MB
>Linux partition. I finaly got Lilo installed (and kept from stomping my
>DOS primary) and DOS boots up fine, Linux however does not. Here is my
>Lilo config. file -
>
>install=/etc/lilo/boot.b
>boot=/dev/hda
>delay=10
>other=/dev/hda1
>table=/dev/hda
>image=/Image
>
>When I run Lilo I get this message -
>
>Reading boot sector from /dev/hda
>Merging with /etc/lilo/boot.b
>Device 0x0302: BIOS drive 0x80, 7 heads, 868 cylinders,
> 34 sectors. Partition offset: 12376 sectors.
>Secondary loader: 3 sectors.
>Device 0x0302: BIOS drive 0x80, 7 heads, 868 cylinders,
> 34 sectors. Partition offset: 34 sectors.
>Mapped 2 (1+1) sectors.
>Added hda1
> <dev=0x80,hd=4,cyl=122,sct=67>
>Boot image: /Image
>Device 0x0302: BIOS drive 0x80, 7 heads, 868 cylinders,
> 34 sectors. Partition offset: 12376 sectors.
>Mapped 846 sectors.
>Added Image
> <dev=0x80,hd=4,cyl=122,sct=68>
>Map file size: 7168 bytes.
>
>Now when I boot Linux everything looks normal until it reaches the
>"partition tables ok" message and then I get -
>
>MINIX-fs: Unable to read superblock
>EXT-fs: Unable to read superblock (never used mkefs)
>MSDOS bread failed
>isofs_read_super: bread failed, dev 0x343 iso_blknum16
>Kernel panic: Unable to mount root
>
>And then it dies :( I am brand new to Linux/Unix and cant find mention in
>the docs I have (and dont know how to use TeX to read the large Lilo
>docs, sniff) so would some kind soul please help me out ... hmmmmm??
>Oh btw, I am using the latest SLS root/boot release.
>
>
>Jeff Marcus
>DO@cup.portal.com
I'm have the very same problem and I have printed the Lilo postscript doc.
It hasn't helped me to fix the problem.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks,
Chet