Booting an Installed System

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Applies to

SuSE Linux: Version 7.x
This article refers to an older version of SuSE Linux. Therefore some of the informations given in this article may be outdated or the article may contain stale links.

Kernel: Version 2.x

Situation

You have just installed a SuSE Linux system. However, it cannot be properly started!?

Cause

This might be due to several causes such as:
	- SCSI/IDE mixed systems
	- Special hard disk partitions
	- Installation on more than 1024 cylinders 

Symptom

When you try to boot, you just obtain the following error messages:
	- 010101010101
	- kernel panic 
	- LI 
	- LIL 
	- etc.	

Solution

Boot the system as before from a CD or floppy-disk. Proceed as in the case of a new installation and use the following parameter as boot prompt:
	boot: manual
This will take you to the Linuxrc program. Please go through the introductory masks, and once in the main menu, please select:
	Start installation / system
	Boot installed system	
Enter now your root partition as follows:
	/dev/hdxx 
The first x identifies the hard disk, in other words, a, b, c, d:
	hda => ide0 -master- 
	hdb => ide0 -slave -
 	hdc => ide1 -master- 
       	hdd => ide1 -slave - 
On the other hand, the second x stands for the partition, i.e. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, etc. The entry might therefore look like this:
	/dev/hda3  
In case you use SCSI hard disks, please notice that the modules required for the SCSI controller must be previously loaded in Linuxrc main menu at:
	Kernel modules (hardware drivers) 

If the entry is correct, the system should start now. Concerning troubleshooting of the boot behaviour, please refer to Chapter 4 of the manual or contact with our installation support. ;-)


See also:
o Booting with the initial ramdisk
o LILO v20: Loader for other operating systems

Keywords: BOOT SYSTEM, BOOT, BOOT LINUX, INSTALLATION, LILO

Categories: LILO

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