Re: lilo config problem booting fedora 2 install kernel

From: Neil Ellwood (donttrythis_at_anyones.com)
Date: 03/26/04 

Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 06:43:47 +0000 (UTC)

On Fri, 26 Mar 2004 00:12:32 -0500, Matt Graham wrote:

> Hi,
> I'm trying to install fedora core 2 test 1 (FC2). My machine won't boot
> from CD so I'm trying to boot it from the hard drive using the isolinux
> off the CD.
> I copied the vmlinuz and initrd.img to /boot and added the image to lilo
> and ran /sbin/lilo. When I reboot, lilo recognizes the image, but when
> it boots, it boots the new kernel to the system on my harddrive instead
> of starting the install process. Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong here?
>
> At bottom is the lilo.conf file. The bottom entry is the new one.
> Do I need to set a different root somehow?
> Do I need more files from the isolinux CD?
Did you Burn the cd?
If you did did you burn it as an iso?
If the answer is yes to both of these have you tried resting you comp.
with the disc in the cd drive you burnt it in? 

-- 
Neil
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