It can also be caused by having a large hard drive and an older bios that
doesn't recognize the full capacity. I had that problem but moving
jumpers and using ez-drive fixed the problem
-Rob
On Sat, 29 May 1999, David Rysdam wrote:
> >From /usr/doc/lilo-2.0/doc/User_Guide.ps:
>
> LIL-: The descriptor table is corrupt. This can either be caused by a
> geometry mismatch or by moving /boot/map without running the map
> installer.
>
> I've had this problem before. It was caused (for some reason) by
> accidentally booting up from the RedHat install CD on an NT/Linux dual
> boot machine. I fixed it by recopying the Linux boot-sector to the NT
> partition (a step described in the NT-Linux Dual Boot HOWTO).
>
> I don't know how to fix it in the general case, though...
>
> Jack_D wrote:
> >
> > Thanks for reading this..!
> >
> > I have installed linux a couple of times, and had not a problem
>with
> > boot up using LILO. The booting was in the master boot first position,
> > not master boot record. It worked fine in tandem with DOS that I had
> > on. The latest install, somehow lilo got corrupted and with the lilo
> > prompt I only get 'LIL-" with no colon to carry on booting. It hangs
> > there before it has booted. This both happens with and without the
> > rescue disk.!! Could anyone have a idea.?? I can configure lilo, as
> > there is NO way of booting into linux.. 8-(
> >
> > Thanks in advance..
> >
> > --
> > 73 Stef 'Jack' Daniels Adelaide, Sth Australia.
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