On Mon, 3 May 2004, at 9:08am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > With lilo, it seems to just hang. I get LI .... and then nothing.
That means LILO loaded what it though should be the second-stage boot loader, but had a problem executing it (possibly because it loaded the wrong thing). This might mean a geometry mismatch between the kernel and the BIOS. You can try installing the boot loader and kernel image on a floppy disk, and booting from that. That will typically bypass any issues with the BIOS and the hard drive, and gives you a more useful debugging platform. > With grub, I get various and sundry errors. It claims to "be loading" and > then it'll give me a (inconsistent) numeric error code. Inconsistent results often mean bad hardware. You might try running Memtest86 and/or "badblocks -w". Note that running that badblocks command will DESTROY ALL DATA on the disk. -- Ben Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | The opinions expressed in this message are those of the author and do | | not represent the views or policy of any other person or organization. | | All information is provided without warranty of any kind. | _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
