Re: [tlug] [Newbie] Boot Loader Problem

[scott <scott@example.com>]

On Thu, 2008-01-03 at 11:48 +0900, CL wrote:
> 2.  When I installed Kubuntu, it overwrote LILO and replaced it with
> GRUB which, besides being butt ugly gives too much information and is
> much harder to set up and use.

This may sound unhelpful, but you might want to give grub another try.
The initial learning curve is a bit steeper- the way they label
partitions (hd0,0) etc. is somewhat counterintuitive or at least it is
different than the standard linux hard drive naming system, but once
you've figgured out the basics, it might be actually easier to boot into
those other filesystems than LILO. Reason being, you can use <tab> to
autocomplete what you are looking for on the boot line. If you don't
know if there is a kernel there, you can hit tab and it will show you
what's available, etc...

Then again, it seems you already have a lot on your hands with 4 OS's on
one compy ;-)

IRT #1 from your question, it appears the kernel can't find the root
filesystem. Try booting off a live CD, then once you get a command line
do some poking around using fdisk and mount, see what you can find out
about your architecture, then you can use those clues to create a new
bootloader setup using either grub or LILO. It's a bit of work but
that's where I would start in your situation.

Cheers,
Scott VanDusen
Tokyo