On Fri, Feb 11, 2000 at 04:58:33AM +0000, Lars Sander-Green wrote: > I installed the latest version of the base Debian system on an old 486 today > (clean system). The installation seemed to work fine, but when I tried to > boot from the hard disk, the letters LI appeared and the system froze. I [...] >From file:/usr/share/doc/lilo/Manual.txt.gz:
LI The first stage boot loader was able to load the second stage boot loader, but has failed to execute it. This can either be caused by a geometry mismatch or by moving /boot/boot.b without running the map installer. The map installer is the lilo command you run under linux. The description of the 1024-cylinder problem is also in that documentation file. Johan Ur Riise