I've had this problem just recently.  I had a fully installed machine that was working fine.  One day I turned on the computer, and it hung like that.  I booted my Linux system from the install recovery cd, remounted my root "/" partition as read/write (mount -o remount /dev/hdb1 /) and then ran lilo.  This rebuilt my master boot record (MBR) and I was again able to boot from lilo.

        I'm running 7.0 Pro.  I'd be interested in know what's happening to cause this.

-----Original Message-----
From: pascal.miquet@wanadoo.fr [mailto:pascal.miquet@wanadoo.fr]
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 5:10 AM
To: suse-linux-e@suse.com
Subject: [SLE] Got the famous LI on startup

Hello,

I've the 7.1 Pro edition. I'm trying to install it on an OmniBook 6000 from
HP.
First there is a partition with Win2K$. I've already instal a Red Hat 7.0 on
it all is fine. I can make the choice on startup between Linux on Dos.

I've tried to install the SuSE 7.1, and on rebooting the system, I've got
the LI and nothing else.. So I reinstall the Red Hat and got access to both
Linux and Windows.
What can I do to check if LiLO was installed on the MBR rather than the
Linux Partition ?

What must be checked to get SuSe running on my laptop.
Thanks for your help

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