can't reinstall lilo

[unlazyfree]

??? what file when

Ok assuming sda3 is your bt install ..

mount -t proc proc /mnt/sda3
mount -o bind /dev /mnt/sda3/dev
chroot /mnt/sda3 /bin/bash
lilo -v

I entered exactly what you said, and this is what I got

bt ~ # mount -t proc proc /mnt/sda3
mount: mount point /mnt/sda3 does not exist
bt ~ # mount -o bind /dev /mnt/sda3/dev
mount: mount point /mnt/sda3/dev does not exist
bt ~ # chroot /mnt/sda3 /bin/bash
chroot: cannot change root directory to /mnt/sda3: No such file or directory
bt ~ # lilo -v
LILO version 22.8, Copyright (C) 1992-1998 Werner Almesberger
Development beyond version 21 Copyright (C) 1999-2006 John Coffman
Released 19-Feb-2007 and compiled at 01:09:42 on Jun 10 2007.

Reading boot sector from /dev/sda
Using MENU secondary loader
Calling map_insert_data
Warning: The boot sector and map file are on different disks.

Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz
Added Linux *

Writing boot sector.
/boot/boot.0800 exists - no boot sector backup copy made.
One warning was issued.

That's what I got. However I forgot to re-edit the lilo.conf file. When I went to edit the file, I couldn't even access the sda3 which I'm assuming is just a glitch in bt3. I have to restart it to see if it worked but wanted to post this so I didn't lose the output.

[unlazyfree]

After running what you said, when I restarted, it just went to a screen with "07 07 07 07 07 07"

After rebooting back to my usb, I tried to edit lilo.conf, and here's my output

bt ~ # chroot /mnt/sda3
egrep: /proc/cmdline: No such file or directory
egrep: /proc/cmdline: No such file or directory
egrep: /proc/cmdline: No such file or directory
bt / # nano /etc/lilo.conf
bt / # lilo -v
LILO version 22.8, Copyright (C) 1992-1998 Werner Almesberger
Development beyond version 21 Copyright (C) 1999-2006 John Coffman
Released 19-Feb-2007 and compiled at 01:09:42 on Jun 10 2007.

Warning: /etc/lilo.conf should be writable only for root
Fatal: raid_setup: stat("/dev/sda")
bt / #

And again I'm back to my original problem.

[Re@lity]

You're not chrooted into the hdd BT environment, so your re-running lilo, telling it to look at /dev/sda for the boot sector, but it's using the system map from the cd.

At least that's how it looks to me through bleary eyes at nearly 3.00a.m

So, if /mnt/sda3 doesn't exist - is your hdd BT partition being mounted by the livecd at all?? And if so, where!?

Use the "mount" command to see what you've got mounted where.
You'll soon see your BT partition, if it's there!

Make a note of where it's mounted and go back to the "chroot" part.............



EDIT:

I see you posted above at the same time as this post.


(I'm beginning to think I should have stayed out of this one!)

[unlazyfree]

You're not chrooted into the hdd BT environment, so your re-running lilo, telling it to look at /dev/sda for the boot sector, but it's using the system map from the cd.

At least that's how it looks to me through bleary eyes at nearly 3.00a.m

So, if /mnt/sda3 doesn't exist - is your hdd BT partition being mounted by the livecd at all?? And if so, where!?

Use the "mount" command to see what you've got mounted where.
You'll soon see your BT partition, if it's there!

Make a note of where it's mounted and go back to the "chroot" part.............



EDIT:

I see you posted above at the same time as this post.
So.......

No, you're not back where you started.
You've managed to create an entirely different problem

If this is a single boot machine, I'd suggest you start again from a freshly formatted partition.......

(I'm beginning to think I should have stayed out of this one!)

bt ~ # mount
aufs on / type aufs (rw)
proc on /proc type proc (rw)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw)
/dev/sda3 on /mnt/sda3 type ext3 (rw,noatime)
/dev/sdb1 on /mnt/sdb1 type vfat (rw,noatime,quiet,umask=0,check=s,shortname=mixed)
/dev/sdb2 on /mnt/sdb2 type ext3 (rw,noatime)
bt ~ #

Also, I just noticed your ninja edit. And as for back to where I started, I meant from when I originally posted this thread. The posts in the same minute were because I restarted my machine to test what I had done so far. the second post was just relaying the errors I got to here to get help. But I was referring to the Fatal: raid_setup or whatever it was. It's not a raid setup, and after research I found out it was an error caused from me being booted on a usb.

When you said I'm not chrooted, I ran chroot /mnt/sda3 and the other stuff someone on page one said to enter in (i forget who) then edited lilo.conf and run lilo.

[Re@lity]

.... It's not a raid setup, and after research I found out it was an error caused from me being booted on a usb......

So are you saying you've solved your "fatal - raid blah" error now?

Where are you at now!?

(btw, my comment about not being chrooted, etc, was prior to the post you made at the same time as me )

[unlazyfree]

So are you saying you've solved your "fatal - raid blah" error now?

Where are you at now!?

no no i said i was back to where i originally was. so yeah basically I'm getting the fatal raid, and if i try booting without the usb, the screen just shows 07 07 07 07 07 over and over for half my screen.

i searched and I think this is what the 07 code means

Invalid initialization
The BIOS failed to properly initialize the disk controller. You should control the BIOS setup parameters. A warm boot might help too. (Boot a rescue disc and rerun LILO.)

i guess im on the right track by trying to reinstall lilo

[drgr33n]

I don't mount proc and udev, I normally get ..

"Fatal: create /boot/map~: read-only file system"

[unlazyfree]

I think once I figure out the Fatal raid problem, and install lilo correctly finally, the 07 07 problem when I boot without the usb will be fixed. I searched google for that error and I didn't really find anything that would help much.

If installing grub would make it easier I'll do that. As long as I can choose which OS to boot, I don't care what program I use. However when I tried to search how to install grub, nothing I read helped in installing it. is there an easy way anyone knows of to install grub? The instructions just seemed more complicated than installing lilo.

[imported_=Tron=]

Seeing as this thread is already rather old I suspect that unlazyfree has sorted out his problems one way or another. However as I myself had the exact same problem and managed to fix it with help of this thread I figured I would contribute with my solution for future reference.

I tried the solution suggested by Dr_GrEeN but as in unlazyfree's case it did not solve my problems. Leaving out the first command however did do the trick.

mount -o bind /dev /mnt/hda2/dev
chroot /mnt/hda2 /bin/bash
lilo -v

I had tried chrooting into my installation multiple times already but without issuing the "mount -o bind /dev /mnt/hda2/dev" command first lilo would just return an error about not being able to read/write to hda. A BIG thx to Dr_GrEeN for pointing me in the right direction and helping me solve this annoying problem.

[Flexbert]

mount -o bind /dev /mnt/hda2/dev
chroot /mnt/hda2 /bin/bash
lilo -v

Aye have had the exact same problem. This is the solution! I can confirm it!