Commented out boot choices in lilo.conf

[rrfish72]

Need help getting back to knoppix. I don't know why but I commented out the prompt option in lilo and now my computer boots right into windows which was the default choice in lilo. How do I undo this change?

[shah]

Boot using knoppix cd.
In KDE, open konsole and run this command:
su
mount /dev/hdxx /mnt/hdxx ****xx=your installed knoppix partition
chroot /mnt/hdxx
mc
edit your lilo /mnt/hdxx/etc/lilo.conf
save
lilo (to update your lilo)
reboot.

[rrfish72]

This is what I get:

knoppix@ttyp0[knoppix]$ su
root@ttyp0[knoppix]# mount /dev/hda1 /mnt/hda1
root@ttyp0[knoppix]# chroot /mnt/hda1
chroot: /bin/bash: No such file or directory

What do I need to do to get to lilo.conf on the hd install to edit it to undo the changes I made?

I am running the cd live now but have it installed on my hd with a knoppix style installation. Need to edit the hd install knoppix lilo.conf to undo changes.

[shah]

Are you sure hda1 is where your linux partition is?
It's look like hda1 belongs to windows.

[shah]

Read this post http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtop...=lilo&start=10

[rrfish72]

Yes you are right, hda3 is the linux partition. I'll try that and post back. Running from cd now and this is what I get when I chroot /mnt/hda3:

bash: /dev/null: Permission denied
bash: /dev/null: Permission denied
bash: /dev/null: Permission denied
bash: /dev/null: Permission denied
bash: /dev/null: Permission denied
bash: /dev/null: Permission denied
bash: /dev/null: Permission denied
bash: /dev/null: Permission denied
bash: /dev/null: Permission denied
bash: /dev/null: Permission denied
bash: /dev/null: Permission denied
bash: /dev/null: Permission denied
bash: /dev/null: Permission denied
bash: /dev/null: Permission denied
bash: /dev/null: Permission denied
bash: /dev/null: Permission denied
bash: /dev/null: Permission denied
bash: /dev/null: Permission denied
bash: /dev/null: Permission denied
bash: /dev/null: Permission denied
bash: /dev/null: Permission denied
bash: /dev/null: Permission denied
bash: /dev/null: Permission denied

after doing chroot /mnt/hda3. Then it does not get back to a prompt. It does tell me that hda3 is already mounted or device is busy when I try to mount again.

[CrashedAgain]

You should be able to correct this by :
mount hda3 rw (either use use the icons on the desktop or mount -rw /dev/hda3 in console)

su
edit /mnt/hda3/etc/lilo.conf using your favorite text editor
then run lilo from the CD but using the edited configuration file:
/sbin/lilo -c /mnt/hda3/etc/hda3

If you are unable to edit & save the file to /mnt/hda3/etc/lilo.conf for some reason, you can copy the it to /home/knoppix, edit it there & then run lilo specifying the edited file (lilo -c /home/knoppix/lilo.conf)

[rrfish72]

Used kate to edit the file but cannot get lilo to run correct. This is what was done:

root@ttyp0[knoppix]# su
root@ttyp0[knoppix]# /sbin/lilo -c /mnt/hda3/etc/hda3
usage: lilo.real [ -C config_file ] -q [ -m map_file ] [ -v N | -v ... ]
lilo.real [ -C config_file ] [ -b boot_device ] [ -c ] [ -g | -l | -L ]
[ -F ] [ -i boot_loader ] [ -m map_file ] [ -d delay ]
[ -v N | -v ... ] [ -t ] [ -s save_file | -S save_file ]
[ -p ][ -P fix | -P ignore ] [ -r root_dir ] [ -w | -w+ ]
lilo.real [ -C config_file ] [ -m map_file ] -R [ word ... ]
lilo.real [ -C config_file ] -I name [ options ]
lilo.real [ -C config_file ] [ -s save_file ] -u | -U [ boot_device ]
lilo.real -A /dev/XXX [ N ] inquire/activate a partition
lilo.real -M /dev/XXX [ mbr | ext ] install master boot record
lilo.real -T help list additional options
lilo.real -X internal compile-time options
lilo.real -V [ -v ] version information

root@ttyp0[knoppix]# lilo
Unrecognized token "! Please edit /etc/lilo.conf before running lilo!" at or above line 20 in file '/etc/lilo.conf'
root@ttyp0[knoppix]# lilo -v
LILO version 22.5.9, Copyright (C) 1992-1998 Werner Almesberger
Development beyond version 21 Copyright (C) 1999-2004 John Coffman
Released 08-Apr-2004, and compiled at 22:00:55 on Apr 18 2004
Debian GNU/Linux

Unrecognized token "! Please edit /etc/lilo.conf before running lilo!" at or above line 20 in file '/etc/lilo.conf'

??????

[CrashedAgain]

Used kate to edit the file but cannot get lilo to run correct. This is what was done:

root@ttyp0[knoppix]# su
root@ttyp0[knoppix]# /sbin/lilo -c /mnt/hda3/etc/hda3
usage: lilo.real [ -C config_file ] -q [ -m map_file ] [ -v N | -v ... ]
lilo.real [ -C config_file ] [ -b boot_device ] [ -c ] [ -g | -l | -L ]
[ -F ] [ -i boot_loader ] [ -m map_file ] [ -d delay ]
[ -v N | -v ... ] [ -t ] [ -s save_file | -S save_file ]
[ -p ][ -P fix | -P ignore ] [ -r root_dir ] [ -w | -w+ ]
lilo.real [ -C config_file ] [ -m map_file ] -R [ word ... ]
lilo.real [ -C config_file ] -I name [ options ]
lilo.real [ -C config_file ] [ -s save_file ] -u | -U [ boot_device ]
lilo.real -A /dev/XXX [ N ] inquire/activate a partition
lilo.real -M /dev/XXX [ mbr | ext ] install master boot record
lilo.real -T help list additional options
lilo.real -X internal compile-time options
lilo.real -V [ -v ] version information

root@ttyp0[knoppix]# lilo
Unrecognized token "! Please edit /etc/lilo.conf before running lilo!" at or above line 20 in file '/etc/lilo.conf'
root@ttyp0[knoppix]# lilo -v
LILO version 22.5.9, Copyright (C) 1992-1998 Werner Almesberger
Development beyond version 21 Copyright (C) 1999-2004 John Coffman
Released 08-Apr-2004, and compiled at 22:00:55 on Apr 18 2004
Debian GNU/Linux

Unrecognized token "! Please edit /etc/lilo.conf before running lilo!" at or above line 20 in file '/etc/lilo.conf'

??????

Sorry, my mistake. Checking with man lilo shows the command to specifiy lilo.conf is -C (uppercase), not -c. So what happened is that lilo tried to use to use the default /ramdisk/etc/lilo.conf which contains the line you quoted. I think it is there just to prevent it from running accidentaly since it is not yet set up.

[rrfish72]

root@ttyp0[knoppix]# /sbin/lilo -C /mnt/hda3/etc/hda3
/mnt/hda3/etc/hda3: No such file or directory

Still will not go through.