[NTLUG:Discuss] Boot Up help

[Clint Tredway]

I am not using LILO... I have never gotten LILO to work properly. That is 
why I am using a boot disk.


>From: MadHat <madhat at unspecific.com>
>Reply-To: discuss at ntlug.org
>To: discuss at ntlug.org
>Subject: Re: [NTLUG:Discuss] Boot Up help
>Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2001 13:37:59 -0500
>
>At 01:07 PM 8/2/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>
>
>>this may add more confusion, but shouldn't that be prefixed by "linux"?
>>as in :
>>
>>boot:  linux root=/dev/hda5
>>
>
>Actually it would be preceded by the name of the image you want to boot
>from as assigned in LILO (assuming you are using lilo), which most distros
>do set to Linux, but some do not.
>
>You can usually get a listing by hitting [TAB] at the LILO: prompt.
>
>>On Thu, 2 Aug 2001, Fred James wrote:
>>
>> > Have you tried just booting (i.e.: restarting (hot or cold) your 
>>machine
>> > with the boot disk in the floppy drive)?
>> > What result do you get then?
>> >
>> > Clint Tredway wrote:
>> > >
>> > > I am using Caldera Open Linux 2.4. I am using the boot disk to boot 
>>into
>> > > linux(dual boot system) and I need help.
>> > >
>> > > I forgot what the command is to boot up linux... this is what I have
>>tried:
>> > > at the boot prompt
>> > > root=dev/hda5
>> > > root=hda5
>> > > root=/dev/hda5
>> > >
>> > > and some others but I always get, kernel not found.
>> > >
>> > > Can someone help me?
>> > >
>> > > Thanks
>> > > Clint
>> > >
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