In your email to me, STEVENS, TIM S., you wrote: > > > Everything seemed to go smoothly, until I rebooted.....PC hangs when the > hard drive is first accessed. The letters > "LI" appear on the screen, with a blinking cursor after the I. If I boot > from the Custom Floppy and not the Rescue/Setup floppy, I get the $ > prompt. > > I am a new Debian user and would appreciate any assistance, Ideas, > comments, suggestions on must have > Documentation or reading....Thanks
According to the LILO docs, this is a problem with obtaining the drive geometry. Try editing /etc/lilo.conf, and adding the word 'linear' somewhere in the top part, like right before the line delay=20 Tim -- (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] / (home) [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.buoy.com/~tps "A public-opinion poll is no substitute for thought." - Warren Buffett ** Disclaimer: My views/comments/beliefs, as strange as they are, are my own.** -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .