Huub wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I reinstalling Slack on a pc I previously booted using a floppy. Now I
> want to boot straight from the harddisk, but have a very hard time
> getting lilo to show anything else than L 99. Booting with the floppy
> still works ok, but after 5 complete reinstallation attempts today
> including trying to put lilo in different places and editing lilo.conf
> it still doesn't go.
>
> /etc/lilo.conf:
>
> boot = /dev/hdc (/dev/hda is present, but not powered)
> image = /boot/vmlinuz
> root = /dev/hdc2
> label = Linux
> read-only
>
> Thanks for any solution or idea
>
> Huub

Just an idea. Your BIOS is looking for something to pass control to.
Usually it is THE primary master drive and its mbr. Some latter BIOS's
can be instructed to try other drives.
Your diskette has no such constrains and boots correctly.
So either connect hda and let lilo write itself in mbr, or connect hdc
as hda edit lilo.conf and rerun lilo.
When playing with those don't forget to update your booting diskette
scripts so at any change you can still get to your system.

Have fun

Stanislaw
Slack user from Ulladulla