Lilo problems with reiser

[prince_kenshi]

I'm trying to convert my system to reiser. I have made all my partitions on the other hard drive and transferred all my data over. I have also edited fstab. Now when I try to redo Lilo, it says:

Fatal: First sector of /dev/hda1 doesn't have a valid boot signature

Hda1 is my /boot partition by the way and it has been marked as bootable with fdisk. What could be the problem?

[bdg1983]

A couple of things to look at.

First sector of <device> doesn't have a valid boot signature. The first sector of the specified device does not appear to be a valid boot sector. You might have confused the device name.*

Probably, you still have other=/dev/hda1 in lilo.conf.

[prince_kenshi]

Heh heh, my mistake. You are a genius.

[Bradmont2]

Does it work with your old /boot partition and your new / partition?

Also, do you really need a /boot partition? The only real reason I'd see for one is for trying to defeat the 1024 cylendar limit, which no longer exists in newer versions of lilo. So try scrapping the /boot partition on your reiser setup, and just put the necessary stuff in the /boot directory. Unless there's some reason you need it? But [b]make sure you don't delete your ext2 partition's 'till it's working... [b/] ;)

[Bradmont2]

b'oh

[bdg1983]

Heh heh, my mistake. You are a genius.

Thanks. You mean I actually got something right. :eek: Damn I hope it's not habit forming.