Questions tagged [lilo]
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How to Properly Configure LILO?
I want to use LILO instead of GRUB, so I got some questions about configuring it nicely. Here is my lilo.conf:
compact
lba32
boot = /dev/sda
map = /boot/map
image = /boot/vmlinuz-4.19.44-gentoo
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How to avoid debian fall back to using lilo after update kernel
For some odd reason I have both lilo and grub installed on my dual boot debian/windows system. My default boot loader is grub, but after each kernel update my system starts using lilo, and I have to ...
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Unable to boot from USB drive; boot configuration for pc is missing or damaged
When I tried to install slackware on my pc (Dell optiplex 780 with a Kingston 240gb ssd and a Hitachi 250gb hdd), along with windows 10, I got an installation error. Lilo Linux wasn't able to ...
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Restore lilo after Windows installation
How can I restore Linux LILO boot loader after the installation of Windows 7 without using any external data storage (burning the CD or pendrive)?
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Repair Grub from inside the system (not using CD)
I was playing with Debian Jessie, installed it on a USB drive and (almost) everything was ok.
In the end I noticed the original Grub (in the laptop's SSD) was over written.
I'm able to login into ...
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How do i prevent lilo from doing a disk scan?
I have gentoo installed using root on LVM on RAID5. I made a mistake when I set up lilo but the initrd created by genkernel caught it and allowed me to type in the correct root partition. I have ...
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How to recover Kali linux password using LILO?
I forgot my Kali password and I tried getting into LILO single user mode but it still asks for root password (which I forgot). As a secondary measure I just ran
init=/bin/bash
The command runs but ...
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Kali Linux and Bootloader problems
At first I was using Windows 8.1... I downloaded Kali and put it on flash memory. The options got me to either:
-Browse live
-Install
I browsed it live a little then went to installation.
Grub ...
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Accidentally Deleted MBR; Don't Know Filesystem Type
I have a Linux derivative OS on a non-bootable hard drive. I'm currently using a LiveCD to help diagnose the issue; however, I mistakingly deleted the MBR in the process via testdisk.
Is there any ...
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Can't Boot OS From 'Corrupt' Hard Drive; OS is not Windows/DOS/Linux
I am trying to boot an operating system called MS106, which is an operating system used for ultrasound machines; however, the during the boot process I get the prompt: "give root password for ...
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How is /sbin/init found during lilo boot
I just cloned my root partition (in anticipation of a dist-upgrade), changed lilo.conf and fstab (in the cloned partition) and ran lilo.
But alas the system won't boot from the cloned partition. I ...
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Can't boot Windows after installing Linux
I have a partition /dev/sdb1, where my old Windows XP resides. All the files are there intact and I can see them, mounting the disk from Linux. Linux is on /dev/sdb2. But when I choose Windows in LILO ...
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Add another OS to list at start
I have installed Windows, Fedora and Slackware on my laptop ( lilo is on mbr, and grub for Fedora is installed on first sector on sda6). How to add sda6 to show on beginning when I turn on computer, ...
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Ubuntu apt-get upgrade breaks update-initramfs?
I ran apt-get upgrade on a Ubuntu 8.04 32-bit server. It upgraded lots of packages but failed here:
Processing triggers for initramfs-tools ...
update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-2.6.24-16-...
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Installing LILO on rEFI on Macbook which has 3 partitions: Mac OS X, Windows, Linux
My Macbook has Windows and Mac OS X installed already.
I try to install Ubuntu on the unused partion and the installation is done. However, the Linux partition does not appear on the rEFI boot ...
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lilo.conf questions
I use lilo, and have two different kernels. One is newer and use KMS with it.
What I would like to do, is to be able to set vga=xxx for only one of the kernels.
Is this possible?
I would also like ...