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Author:  honorelsu [ Thu Jul 06, 2006 12:13 pm ]
Post subject:  end of installation says: writing lilo to mbr device busy
The install and formats went fine but I get this message everytime. I have never gotten past this point. I booted to the cd again and tried to do frontend and i don't know the root password and I can't install anything. Am I doing something wrong or is there a way I can fix my mbr?
Author:  cecil [ Thu Jul 06, 2006 12:44 pm ]
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There is no root password... You define it during installation. Boot off the CD again and
Code:
mount -o rw /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1
chroot /mnt/hda1
lilo -v
exit
reboot
Results?
Author:  honorelsu [ Thu Jul 06, 2006 1:20 pm ]
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Thanks for the reply. At what point do I type this in? I get back to the screen where it has the 6 options. I usually go to the frontend.
Author:  honorelsu [ Thu Jul 06, 2006 1:25 pm ]
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Says unrecognized token "part". I think i've seen this I'll do a search. This is encouraging. Thanks alot for the reply it was extremely helpful.
Author:  honorelsu [ Thu Jul 06, 2006 1:28 pm ]
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Im searching around but I can't find the instructions. Can anyone link me to it?
Author:  honorelsu [ Thu Jul 06, 2006 1:43 pm ]
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I found the solution doing a search. You just need to nano lilo.conf to edit the file and delete the part lines at the top. That did the trick. Thank you Cecil for turning me in the right direction.
Author:  cecil [ Thu Jul 06, 2006 7:39 pm ]
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You're welcome.
Author:  dwaine [ Mon Jul 02, 2007 2:27 pm ]
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This worked great in restoring my mbr. Thanks...

Dwaine
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