heavytull (heavytull@hotmail.com) writes:
> On Apr 22, 10:45 pm, "John K. Herreshoff" <n...@not.here> wrote:
>> heavytullwrote:
>> > My slackware 11 is hanging at the point "BIOSdata ckeck" just after
>> > booting it via lilo.
>>
>> > It is hapening like that since i changed the booting devices order in
>> > theBIOS;
>>
>> > i just shifted the boot on USD HDD from 5th or farther to third just
>> > before the main hardware on which there is the linux partition and
>> > windows.
>>
>> > also note that however is my usb key (plugged in or not) Linux is
>> > hanging.
>>
>> Try this just for fun: in your lilo.conf, set vga=ask and see what happens.
>> Remember to run lilo as root after changing the lilo.conf file. You may
>> have a problem with the frame buffer...
>>
>> John.
>
> i said that linux was hanging, it means that i cannot run lilo.
>
> i could maybe run a linux live like slax, but i don't know how to run
> lilo or anything else as if / was the partition of the linux that is
> not booting on the hard drive.
>

As Sylvain says, you can do it by booting with the CD or DVD that you
installed with.

The introductory to LILO tend to not really explain what it's doing.
I know I was surprised when I just fiddled with something around the
kernel that it would no longer boot. That's because LILO needs to
know the absolute location on the drive that the kernel begins, and
if you detete the kernel and put it back, chances are good it won't
land at the same place.

So every time you fiddle with the kernel, you need to update with lilo.

Michael