[wplug] kernel not loading after partitioning hard drive

[Brian S. Woolstrum]

I believe lilo stores the absolute location of the kernel
for booting, so if the kernel moved lilo wouldn't know
where it is.  If this is the case getting in using a boot
disk, and then running lilo should take care of it.


On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, Paul Cantalupo wrote:

> "Vanco, Donald" wrote:
>
> > Did you move the kernels beyond 1024 cylinders when you repartitioned?  If
> > so - lilo cannot find them anymore...
> >
>
> I actually moved the root partition towards the beginning of the hard drive
> so I don't think this is a problem. In any event, I don't think the LILO
> version that I am using cares about the 1024 cylinder problem as far as I've
> been able to understand.  Please let me know if I am wrong in assuming this.
>
>
> FYI, my hard drive is approx 40 GB and my root partition starts around 14GB.
> My root partition *was* started around 20GB before the repartitioning.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Paul
>
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Paul Cantalupo [mailto:lupey+ at pitt.edu]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 10:00 AM
> > > To: wplug at wplug.org
> > > Subject: [wplug] kernel not loading after partitioning hard drive
> > >
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I am just repartitioned my hard drive with Partition Magic
> > > 7.0. I have a
> > > Windows partition and several Linux partitions. After reboot,
> > > LILO pops
> > > up with a choice (as usual) of Windows or 2 linux kernels. One of my
> > > kernels (the original one) works but when I select the other
> > > (I use this
> > > kernel for NTFS support), it hangs during loading. It literally stops
> > > with "Loading........................" displayed on the screen.
> > >
> > > Is my kernel corrupted from the partitioning? If so, how much
> > > more of my
> > > hard drive could be corrupted? Any chance of recovery beside using my
> > > non-existent backup CD?  :(
> > >
> > > Thanks for your help,
> > >
> > > Paul
> > >
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