From: Tuyen Quang Hoang <tqh@elctr.dk> Subject: SLS 1.03 doesn't boot Date: 15 Sep 1993 04:35:14 -0400
Dear all,
Forgive me if this is a wrong place. I don't know other places to turn
to. I got SLS 1.03 (with linux 99p12 I think) and succeeded in installing
the base system. But when I tried to boot from the generated bootdisk, the
computer either dies or reboots. I have tries to reinstall several
times, the result remains the same.
I could boot from the hard disk after having changed the active partition
to LINUX partition, but this is not a convenient way to switch between DOS
and LINUX.
My system is a 386DX/33 with 8M RAM and 130M hard disk partitioned into:
partition 1 (/dev/hda1) is DOS partition.
partition 2 (/dev/hda2) is LINUX with extended file system
partirion 3 (/dev/hda3) is secondary partition with:
partirion 5 (</dev/hda5 ) is DOS
partition 6 ( /dev/hda6>) is another LINUX partition mounted
on /home
I didn't have problem with earlier releases of SLS. I understand that the
LILO is now built in in the installation program (please correct me if I
am wrong) and one step of installation is to modify the DOS boot sector to
add LINUX and DOS (I replied "/dev/hda1" to this step). This step wasn't
there in earlier releases.
Did I do anything wrong? Advices and hints are greatly appreciated.
Please answer directly to me by e-mail as I'm not a subscriber of this
discussion group. Thank you for your patience.
Best regards
Tuyen
e-mail: tqh@elctr.dk