[NBLUG/talk] Debian Rescue Floppy

[Mark Street]

Your problems seems to be with lilo the boot loader.  The target refers to 
where you want to install the boot loader, Master Boot Record, partition 
superblock, floppy disk, etc..hda, hda3, fd0, etc.

I am assuming you are getting a boot prompt with the rescue floppy.  At the 
boot prompt you may be able to pass a parameter boot=/dev/hda1 or whatever 
your boot/root partition is and see if it goes.

Google lilo as that seems to be your problem.

This sounds like a job for Knoppix to me.

On Tuesday 01 February 2005 12:49, Mr. Jan Hearthstone wrote:
> In past I inquired about how to use the "Debian Rescue
> Floppy"; I got a few pieces of advice, but nothing
> worked.
> I am again at a point where I have to decide between a
> re-install (and losing files), or getting into the hda
> and fixing "lilo" that did not get
> "dpkg-reconfigure"-d during my kernel re-install.
> I googled high and low, but nowhere it says anything
> properly how to use the "Debian Rescue Floppy".
> The floppy itself says that my old files are on a
> "target", but I can never (well, once I've seen it
> there, but only once) find any "target", but "target0"
> that apparently has nothing to do with my "hda".
> Please, tell me how is one supposed to use the "Debian
> Rescue Floppy" to fix anything on the "hda"!
> Thanks, Hearthstone.
>
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