Answer: linear... [or lilo -l ]
boots fine now. Found this tidbit in an old lilo users guide at http://www.yggdrasil.com/bible/lilo/user/user.html though I should have thought of this earlier... -dh Dan Hugo wrote: > > Greetings- > > I am getting the > > LI_ (flashing _) > > at boot of my newly installed slink on a dual PPro machine. > > I have a 14G IBM drive in there with /dev/hda1 partitioned to 200Megs, > exactly the same as another identical drive in my normal machine (in > other words, both have /dev/hda1 sizes the same, and the drives are the > same model). > > I just built kernel 2.2.1 and put it in /boot > > I have been getting LI_ since I rebooted from the first install (from > CD). I used these very CDs to install on my normal machine. > > My normal machine works great (dual PIII). > > I've read some comments on this, and the response comments are usually > either that lilo was not run properly to setup the boot blocks on the > drive (I've done this a few times, and it seems to be telling me what I > expect it to) or that the kernel is outside of the first 1023 cylinders. > > I don't think it is either of these... what else could it be? > > Some stats: > > Tyan S1668 ATX Dual PPro with dual 180/512 PPros > IBM 14G drive (7200 RPM, the letter designation escapes me at this > moment) > Drive setup as "normal" in BIOS > DMA is disabled for now > > I would really appreciate some input here, as this one has me stumped > (particularly due to the configuration of my normal machine, with > partition size and drive model identical). > > Side Note: I forgot to check the bios, and the drive was initially > setup as LBA. I had set /dev/hda1 to "maximize" in cfdisk. I was > getting the "1EF:" error at boot (I believe that is the string...). I > changed bios to Normal, didn't maximize that partition, and made sure it > was same as working config (re-partitioned), and reinstalled the base > system from scratch again (a 10 minute ordeal, luckily). This is where > I am left. > > Thanks for any help > > Dan Hugo > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
