Make sure that the option lba32 is in your /etc/lilo.conf file.
On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, Robert Fox wrote:
> Did that - thanks anyway. I do get a warning though:
> Warning: /dev/hde6 is not on the first disk
>
> This much I know - I have two HDs - one on the ATA/100 controller (30Gig)
> and the other on the onboard ATA/66 controller (20gig)
> The main boot drive is the ATA/100 (where BootMagic and Win98/Win2K and
> Linux are installed) - the other drive is not partitioned yet and is not
> used at present - but the BootMagic comes up after bootup and the other OSs
> boot fine, just when I choose the Linux boot I get LI from Lilo.
>
> Thx,
> Robert Fox
>
>
> At 21:41 06/01/2001 +0000, you wrote:
> >
> >Hi Robert, after you edited lilo.conf did you run /sbin/lilo before you
> >rebooted. What lilo does is store its infomation in the boot sector so when
> >changes are made to the conf file they need to be update on the boot sector
> >as well and that is why you run /sbin/lilo (as root).
> >
> >Hope this helps
> >
> >Mark Hillary
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Robert Fox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 7:12 PM
> >Subject: [expert] 7.2 - Two little annoyances . . . on A7V w/ATA100
> >
> >
> >Ok here goes:
> >
> >I have an IBM 30Gig ATA./100 drive on an Asus A7V MB - below is my
> >partition file from the system.
> >
> >Problem #1: During install I passed the ide parms for the ATA/100 drive
> >and all installed well. I installed the lilo bootloader on /dev/hde6
> >(root) partition and edited the lilo.conf with the necessary append
> >info. I am using BootMagic 2.0 to boot the system, but I only get LI
> >during start, so I have to use the bootdisk and pass the ide parms EVERY
> >boot up . . . I don't care so much about booting from the bootdisk, but I
> >hate having to type the ide parms everytime I want to boot LM
> >7.2!!!!! Ideally I would like to boot from the HD using BootMagic and NOT
> >have to type the ide parms everytime.
> >
> >Problem #2: When I boot from the floppy, I tried to add the ide parms in
> >the append line, but it is ignored during boot unless I manually type them
> >in . . . and I can't get Aurora to start when I boot from the floppy either
> >(with vga=788 added on the lilo.conf on the floppy)
> >
> >Any help would be gratefully appreciated!!
> >
> >Thanks up front!
> >
> >
> >Partitions:
> >major minor #blocks name
> >
> > 3 0 20094480 hda
> > 3 1 11592 hda1
> > 33 0 30018240 hde
> > 33 1 3076416 hde1
> > 33 2 1 hde2
> > 33 5 3076416 hde5
> > 33 6 3582463 hde6
> > 33 7 248976 hde7
> > 33 8 3068383 hde8
> > 33 9 3076416 hde9
> > 33 10 6144831 hde10
> > 34 0 1073741823 hdg
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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