Well, go ahead and boot with your boot floppy and check the /etc/lilo.conf file. you can run man lilo.conf to find out more about that file. once you have it setup right then run the command lilo and it will write the needed information #man lilo.conf #vi /etc/lilo.conf #lilo #reboot here is a sample of my lilo.conf file wwarner@wwarner:~$ cat /etc/lilo.conf cat: /etc/lilo.conf: Permission denied boot=/dev/hda root=/dev/hda2 install=/boot/boot.b map=/boot/map message=/boot/bootmess.txt prompt single-key delay=100 timeout=100 vga=normal default=Linux image=/vmlinuz.current label=Linux read-only alias=1 image=/vmlinuz.old label=LinuxOLD read-only optional alias=2 image=/vmlinuz label=LinuxDEV read-only optional alias=3 other=/dev/hda1 label=dos table=/dev/hda alias=4 > I recently uptraded from RH 6.0 to RH 6.1 during the last step of the > upgrade process I was asked something to the effect "Do you want to write > the changes to your boot sector" or something like that.... I inadvertently > chose not too. > > Well, now I can only boot from a floppy. It is as if part of the code for > booting from the HD did not get written to the boot sector when I did the > upgrade. When I try and boot from the HD the system goes part of the way > through the boot process and hangs. > > How do I repair this problem? > > > Thanks, > > Lynn P. Tilby (Lead Programmer/Analyst) > National Data Corporation / Health Information Services > Data Warehousing Solutions > Office: 602 381-9629 > Pager: 602 205-1692 > Cell: 480 510-4392 > Home O: 480 632-8635 > Home: 480 632-8633 > ltilby@simatics.com (work) > lynn@sol.createv.com (personal) > > > > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > Plug-discuss mailing list - Plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > From wlindley@wlindley.com" Today when I log in, my KDE desktop icons are all missing, and while I can click on various apps on the "KDE Start button" they all do nothing at all - not even an error message. If I select Gnome or any of the other interfaces, everything works. If I login as another user, the KDE icons appear and the "KDE Start button" apps all work fine too. Any ideas on what went wrong and how I can correct it? \\/ http://www.wlindley.com