On Wed, 22 Nov 2000 23:38:42 BillK wrote: > Used to have this on an old 486: the "Li" is actually a message saying > "I got this far through the boot". There are fixes but I have not the > time to search for them. Try "man 5 lilo.conf" for how to set the > verbose flag for progress messages. I think I found the original > solution in the RedHat knowledgebase. It was a list of causes for > failing at each stage of the boot. > Usually that Li msg is due to misconfiguring the disk in lilo, say: - Install the distro (so lilo) with LBA mode on, and the loose the BIOS lba setting by a reset, battery exhausted or similar - lilo.conf has a flag 'lba' or 'compact' or 'linear' that is not supported by your disk+bios combo. In Mandrake its easy to install in non LBA mode, and the check the lba flag in the bootloader installation window, so does not work... -- Juan Antonio Magallon Lacarta #> cd /pub mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] #> more beer Linux 2.2.18-pre23-vm #3 SMP Wed Nov 22 22:33:53 CET 2000 i686 unknown
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