Hi, Don't panic. I have had a simular problem, I solved it by creating a small DOS partition then installed again. for me SuSE seemed to seek out a DOS partition or a valid MBR, I tried fdisk /MBR and then installed with no DOS partition this failed to work, I tried to install with lilo pointing to the MBR and also again with it point to a partition all with only linux partitions. The only way I could get it to work was to create a DOS partition then reinstall so now mine works 100% with no floppy at all. Regards Matt -----Original Message----- From: Chris Reeves [SMTP:chris.reeves@iname.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 10:13 AM To: SuSE List Subject: Re: [SLE] Booting from the lilo prompt On Tue, Sep 11, 2001 at 09:05:08PM +0000, Peter Dixson wrote:

My default 7.2 installation puts lilo on the the root partition (hdb4) and puts something on a floppy which presumably points to lilo. To solve another problem I need to boot from the lilo prompt but the SuSE boot menu doesn't seem to allow for this. Anyone got any ideas?

Rafael If you read this I am trying carry out your instructions for ide-scsi

Could you rephrase your question - I'm not clear on what you're asking... I'm not sure what you mean about the 'SuSE boot menu' either... If you are refering to the graphical screen where you select which OS/kernel to boot, then if you press the escape key you will exit the graphical screen and get back to the LILO prompt, where you can type any kernel parameters. If you find LILO working to your satisfaction in terms of booting 'other' operating systems, you might consider installing LILO in the MBR so that you don't have to use the floppy any more. Hope that helps, Chris -- __ _ -o)/ / (_)__ __ ____ __ Chris Reeves /\\ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / ICQ# 22219005 _\_v __/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ -- To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@suse.com For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help@suse.com Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq and the archives at http://lists.suse.com