Bernardo Carvalho wrote:
> I have linux currently installed in a Pentium 100, and I want to use an old
> 486 I got here in its place. I tried simply swapping the hard drive beteween
> machines, but lilo locks up at LI. What's happening? What am I supposed to
> do?
That sounds rather like a BIOS incompatability. Is this a large drive?
If so, some of the older BIOS versions - as in what many 486's came with
- need a certain setting. The setting in question concerns an LBA mode
of drive detection. For further information, take a look at
http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/mini/Large-Disk
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