First sector of /dev/hda1 doesn't have a valid boot signature run /sbin/lilo -v -v output follows: LILO version 21.4-4, Copyright (C) 1992-1998 Werner Almesberger 'lba32' extensions Copyright (C) 1999,2000 John Coffman Reading boot sector from /dev/hda Merging with /boot/boot.b Secondary loader: 11 sectors. Mapping message file /boot/message Message: 46 sectors. Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.16-22 Setup length is 7 sectors. Mapped 1228 sectors. Added linux * Boot other: /dev/hda1, on /dev/hda, loader /boot/chain.b Removed temporary file /boot/map~ Fatal: First sector of /dev/hda1 doesn't have a valid boot signature
Apologies for unresponsiveness of previous bootp maintainer... This is a lilo problem, and while normally I would reassign it to the lilo package, it's pretty clear to me that it's a problem with your system setup that wouldn't be something for QA to fix.