I have to select linear when installing or I will get LI everytime. Has
that been tried yet?
If you use initial ramdisks, then you can use SCSI w/o recompiling the
kernel.
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On Wed, 1 Mar 2000, S. Newhouse wrote:
> Sorry, but this answer is just wrong.
>
> The scsi support is loaded as a module right after boot time. I have
> installed several versions of Mandrake on sytems with only scsi
> disks. They work just fine without rebuilding the kernel.
>
> The 'LI' prompt can occur for many reasons.
>
> If you can't boot, I would try to reinstall. If the problem
> persists, just skip the lilo part of the installation and make a
> bootable floppy to boot from.
> Then, you can worry about configuring and setting up lilo
> later. You'll have the read the docs about that.
>
> -sen
>
>
> John Aldrich writes:
> >
> >
> > *****READ THIS CAREFULLY*****
> >
> > THE STOCK KERNEL DOES NOT HAVE SCSI SUPPORT BUILT-IN!!!
> > You HAVE to build SCSI support INTO the kernel, otherwise
> > you can't boot off of SCSI. You have two choices...have a
> > small IDE drive that you boot off of, and don't build-in
> > SCSI support OR recompile your kernel and include support
> > for your SCSI controller.
> > John
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 01 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> > > When I built my box b4 using SCSI I had
> > > / 400M sda1
> > > /swap 128M sda2
> > > /use 2gb sda3
> > > /var 2gb sda4
> > > /packages 2gb sda5
> > > /home 3gb sdb1
> > > /usr/local 3gb sdb2
> > >
> > > have free space on both sda and sdb with a spare disk (want to use for
> > > mirroring) sdc.
> > > and still got the "LI" error.
> > >
> > > what is wrong with the above? it is well withing the limits you have
> > > set.
> > >
> > > do I need to make swap sda1? (to me that makes no diff) it appears to be
> > > something with lilo correct? the same layout on ide drives works like a
> > > charm.
> > >
> > > "Brian T. Schellenberger" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, you wrote:
> > > > | Ron,
> > > > |
> > > > | Just install as follows. (you can vary it after the swap
> > > > | and / partitions.)
> > > > |
> > > > | sda1 - swap, 110M.
> > > > | sda2 - / (root) 400M
> > > > | sda3 - /usr 3000M
> > > > | sda4 - extended partion for remainder of hd
> > > > | sda5 - /home (whatever amount)
> > > > | sda6 - /opt (same as above)
> > > > | -- etc, you might want a seperate /var, etc.
> > > >
> > > > .. . . and if you have separate /var and /tmp partitions, then 64M is
> > > > more than generous as a size for /.
> > > >
> > > > .. . . and it's a Really Good Idea to put /usr and /usr/local on
> > > > seperate partiions; that way, when you upgrade you can let it blap all
> > > > over /usr with impunity without trashing /usr/local.
> > > >
> > > > |
> > > > | Basically, it depends on what your going to
> > > > | do with the system. (workstation, server, etc.)
> > > > |
> > > > | The key is the first 2 partitions, notice how
> > > > | they reside within the hd limit. ;)
> > > > |
> > > > | Regards,
> > > > |
> > > > | Dana
> > > > |
> > > > | "Ronald J. Yacketta" wrote:
> > > > | >
> > > > | > Hello All!!
> > > > | >
> > > > | > I have don tons and tons and tons of linux installs (from Slackware to
> > > > | > RH and now LM) on local IDE drives (hda/hdb etc..)
> > > > | > I am currently seeking info on how to get LM installed on a 9gb SCSI
> > > > | > drive.
> > > > | > I am able to boot the cdrom, load my scsi drive, see my scsi disks
> > > > | > install the os
> > > > | > to the scsi disk, install lilo.
> > > > | > when I reboot I get the infamous "LI" and wham it hangs, nothing more
> > > > | > and nothing less. What am I missing here? could this be the 1024
> > > > | > cylinder problem? if so, resolutions? ( I know, go ahead and flame me
> > > > | > with read the HOW-TO's etc..)
> > > > --
> > > > I am "Brian, the man from babble-on" (Brian T. Schellenberger).
> > > > I can be reached at [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
> > > > I support http://www.eff.org & http://www.programming-freedom.org .
> > > > I boycott amazon.com. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/amazon.html .
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