> I also have a A7V. There is no problem with Mandrake, except a bug
with
> Lilo
> :
> I use the hd on the Promise to boot (hde), and, if hda is present, and
> even
> if I select hde as boot device, lilo installs "fine", but at boot I
get a
> "LI" message. And so I have to unplug my hda drive and reinstall Lilo
(and
> by the way I can't boot on hda via Lilo)
>
It is not a bug. Lilo relies on BIOS to access boot device. BIOS
normally cannot access more than 4 IDE drives. When you unplug hda I
guess Promise BIOS plays some tricks (like SCSI controllers do) to allow
BIOS to see this drive.
Why cannot you boot from hda?
-andrej
