hi ya simple tests to do next ???
- get a boot media, floppy or bootable cdrom etc - dd if=/boot/vmlinuz of=/dev/fd0 rdev /dev/fd0 /dev/hdaxxxx where your / is - than fix lilo - make sure oyu have lba32 - turn off linear - rerun lilo - make sure / is < 1024 cylinders ( 512Mb ) or that your kernel ( vmlinuz) is in its own /boot partition that is < 512Mb - check the ide cables.. make sure oyuhave 80conductor cables if you are using ata66/100 drivers - putonly one disk per ide cable - dont mix ata33 (cdrom) with ata100 disks c ya alvin On Mon, 25 Mar 2002, Seneca Cunningham wrote: > Martin Edward John Waller wrote: > > I've done a potato install but can't boot from the > > hard disk (have the floppy boot working OK tho'). > > > > I get the above message (L 80 80 80 continuosly). > > > > Is there a way to fix this? I installed lilo > > diecrtly onto the mbr. > > Does the information in /etc/lilo.conf match your system? What do you > get when you run lilo? > > >From /usr/share/doc/lilo/Manual.txt.gz: > L <error> ... The first stage boot loader has been loaded and > started, but it can't load the second stage boot loader. The two-digit > error codes indicate the type of problem. (See also section "Disk error > codes".) This condition usually indicates a media failure or a geometry > mismatch (e.g. bad disk parameters, see section "Disk geometry"). > [...] > Disk error codes > [...] > 0x80 "Disk timeout". The disk or the drive isn't ready. Either the > media is bad or the disk isn't spinning. If you're booting from a > floppy, you might not have closed the drive door. Otherwise, trying to > boot again might help. > > Seneca > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]