Linux-Setup Digest #399, Volume #21 Fri, 8 Jun 01 15:13:11 EDT
Contents:
LILO experts, help! Invalid partition table (Robert Lowe)
Re: AC'97 sound chips on board - no sound in RedHat 7.0 (Giles Morant)
Re: LILO Problem: /dev/hdh1 is not on first disk ("Gary")
Re: New Server: Hardware under Linux ("Steve Wolfe")
Re: Printing - 3Com home ethernet gateway (model 3C510) (Arnold Juster)
Newbie X ("Sergio Santos")
Re: MBR-relinquish control back to Windows ("Ed F. de Guzman")
Re: formatting problem (Chiefy)
Re: Newbie X ("KW")
Re: Newbie X (Chiefy)
Sound-Problem und README.linux ("Thomas Niercke")
Re: LILO failure, what to do? Please help. ("KW")
Hard drive performance w/ hdparm (Mike W.)
Re: LILO Problem: /dev/hdh1 is not on first disk ("KW")
HOWTO - PPP Chapter 17 (Felix Miata)
Re: HOWTO - PPP Chapter 17 (Lew Pitcher)
LILO stops at LI with IDE & SCSI setup (Ardith Hoyt)
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From: Robert Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: LILO experts, help! Invalid partition table
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 11:17:33 -0500
Hi!
First, how I got here:
1. I had a w3k installation on the first partition, extending past
cylinder 1024.
2. Tried to install RH 7.1, but it refused to install the boot
partition past cylinder 1024.
3. PartitionMagic: Moved the NTFS partition forward, leaving room
at the front of the HD for a boot partition.
4. Started a RH install and left for several hours... when I returned
it was ready to write a boot floppy, but I never saw anything about
LILO. It did, in fact, re-wrote the MBR, leaving me with a working RH install,
but an inaccessible W2K install.
5. Booted the w2k rescue disk and re-wrote the MBR; now a working
w2k install, and RH accessible only from a boot floppy.
6. Booted RH, edited lilo.conf to write a boot sector to the partition,
not the MBR, i.e. changed /dev/hda to /dev/hda2 (not sure why it is
numbered 2, even though it's the first partition listed), and ran
lilo.
7. Mounted an MS-DOS floppy, ran dd to get a copy of the boot sector.
8. Mistake: ran fdisk to mark /dev/hda2 (the /boot partition) as active.
I think I should have done this from w2k!??
9. Shutdown to boot w2k so I could add copied RH boot sector and entry
in w2k's boot.ini file, but w2k's boot manager only showed "Invalid
Partition Table".
What I've tried since:
1. Booted w2k's rescue disk again. This time, I used diskpart to add
a small FAT32 partition (luckily I had _some_ unused space left).
I wrote the partition table and formatted the newly created FAT32
partition.
2. Rebooted: This produced some message about an invalid checksum
(sorry, I didn't write it down). I think must have something to
do with some windoze paranoia about some magic block.
3. I tried re-writing the MBR again, and this got me back to the
"Invalid Partition Table" message.
What I was thinking to try next:
I'm guessing that RH really can't be on the very first partition,
and that LILO wrote something there that w2k can't deal with...
If I could get LILO to boot w2k, I'd be a lot better off, but I only
found one reference to making LILO boot w2k, and it was not clear how
it could be done. Any suggestions???
TIA,
Robert
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Giles Morant)
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,tw.bbs.comp.linux,hk.comp.os.linux,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: AC'97 sound chips on board - no sound in RedHat 7.0
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2001 16:37:24 +0000 (UTC)
Wilson Ng ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Hi,
: My on-board sound chip VIA AC97 audio controller (WDM) works fine with
: WinME. I tried to run sndconfig to enable the sound in my Linux
: installation in RedHat 7.0. The program detected that the sound device is
: VIA82cxxx. After I confirm the autoprobe was done and my system hangs. I
: rebooted Linux and the startup freeze when starting the sound module.
: Any body can help?
: Thanks, Wilson.
This is a FAQ. Look back through dejanews or google groups. Basically,
all you need to do in install the ALSA sound drivers from
http://www.alsa-project.org IIRC. Quite straightforward and my machine
works perfectly for playing mp3s &c. -- I don't do MIDI or anything
complicated with it.
Giles Morant
--
Giles RC Morant
http://www.morants.demon.co.uk/giles
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From: "Gary" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: LILO Problem: /dev/hdh1 is not on first disk
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 16:44:39 GMT
Make your 2nd drive a slave off the 1st drive
May fix your problem....2nd IDE port, the 1st drive is
actually the 3rd system drive
Gary
"mtr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I'm trying to install RH 7.1. I have two physical HD's, both
> connected to a PROMISE ATA-66 controller. My first HD (which is the
> primary drive that boots to Win2k) is hde1. My second HD (which boots
> to RH) is hdh1. The HDs are not connected together in any way -- both
> are hooked up separately to the Promise card's IDE interface. (There
> are two direct interfaces on the Promise card...)
>
> I can install RD without a hitch, up until I get to actually
> installing LILO on the system. When LILO installs in post
> configuration, I get an error message:
>
> "an error occured while installing bootloader"
> "Warning: /dev/hdh1 is not on the first disk!"
> "BIOS drive 0x82 may not be accessible."
>
> Booting into RH using a floppy boot disk, I can edit /etc/lilo.conf to
> get rid of the "BIOS drive 0x82 may not be accessible" by adding
> "disk=/dev/hdh bios=0x82". However, I still cannot get rid of the
> "Warning: /dev/hdh1 is not on the first disk!" problem, and I cannot
> boot directly to RH without the floppy boot disk. I've also tried
> adding "disk=/dev/hde bios=0x80", but this doesn't solve the problem
> either. I'm using lba32, not linear mode. BTW, LILO does report the
> "*Added: linux" message once /sbin/lilo is run.
>
> Here is my parition information:
>
> /dev/hde1 -- Win2k Partition (40 Gig)
> /dev/hdh1 -- /boot partition (kernel files) (16 Meg)
> /dev/hdh5 -- / partition (12.5 Gig)
> /dev/hdh6 -- linux swap (256 Meg)
>
> I've been working on this problem for about a day now, and I'm really
> stumped. I can extract LILO's bootloader (using the "dd" command) and
> add it to boot.ini in Win2k, but all I get is an "L" when LILO tries
> to boot RH. The funny thing is that Mandrake will install LILO
> correctly (but only if I set my partitions up using Mandrake's auto
> allocate feature) and I am able to boot into Mandrake without a boot
> disk (once I've extracted the bootloader and added it to my Win2k
> parition, of course). I've noticed that (when I am able to boot
> directly into linux), Mandrake automatically sets up its partitions
> like this:
>
> /dev/hdh1 -- / partition
> /dev/hdh5 -- /home parition
> /dev/hdh6 -- linux swap
>
> (There appears to be no /boot parition!)
>
> I tried to set RH's paritions up this way, but RH (via Disk Druid)
> insists that /dev/hdh1 is the /boot partition -- it will not install
> the / parition here. I dunno if this really helps or not.
>
> Does anyone else out there have a similar configuration in which RH is
> working? If so, could you please post your /etc/lilo.conf file so I
> can take a look. I'm really at a loss here and would appreciate any
> help. I'm thinking about buying Partition Magic and resizing my Win2k
> parition (hde1) so that I can install linux on the first drive and
> have my second drive as a data drive shared between both OS's. Would
> that solve the " /dev/hdh1 is not on the first disk!" error? In this
> case, I was thinking about dividing my hde (40 Gig) into 20 Gigs for
> each OS. I assume that hde1 would remain Win2k and hde2-?? would
> become a linux parition. Would I run into problems if I did it this
> way?
>
> I don't have access to my /etc/lilo.conf file right now. If anyone
> wants to see it, I can post it. Just let me know. (Although I feel
> like I've tried every possible combination in /etc/lilo.conf at this
> point!!)
>
> Thanks for any help in advance.
> RW
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From: "Steve Wolfe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: New Server: Hardware under Linux
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2001 11:22:19 -0600
> I'd do software RAID in your case. I couldn't justify the
> extra cost for a fancy raid card when the Linux kernel's
> software RAID ought to do just fine in a two-disk RAID-1
> situation.
$150-$300 for a used card is well worth all of the fiddling that you'll
save, and will have added benefits as well. After using hardware RAID on
my servers, I'm even considering a small array on my home workstation....
steve
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Arnold Juster)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Printing - 3Com home ethernet gateway (model 3C510)
Date: 8 Jun 2001 10:43:57 -0700
Charles,
Thanks for the reply. I've looked at the Printing-HOWTO but not been able
to figure out what I needed to do. Probably due to a general unfamiliarity
with Linux combined with an (at best) vague knowledge of networking and
network printing...
You suggested an entry in the /etc/printcap file like the following:
>
> lp|3Com Print Server \
> :rm=printserver.domain: \
> :rp=lp: \
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp: \
> :lf=/var/spool/lpd/lp/logfile:
>
Given my /etc/hosts file (repeated below) what would I enter in place of
"printserver.domain"?
Also, do the contents of my /etc/hosts file make sense?
Thanks,
Arnold
---File "/etc/hosts" begins below this line ------
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
192.168.2.3 localhost
192.168.2.1 homeGateway
192.168.2.2 localhost
---File ends above this line -----------------------
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From: "Sergio Santos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Newbie X
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2001 18:18:15 +0100
Hi,
I already installed Debian 2.2 and everything worked fine! However, I don't
want to linux start with X. Every time I boot linux I go to X. I know how to
switch between consoles but how can I prevent X from start when I boot
linux????????
Best regards
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From: "Ed F. de Guzman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MBR-relinquish control back to Windows
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 13:55:30 -0400
Thanks. I will try this ...
Ed
Villy Kruse wrote:
> On Fri, 08 Jun 2001 08:49:50 -0400, Ed F. de Guzman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Doing this - lilo -u - creates a "virgin" HD.
> >
>
> No it doesn't. It restores the sector to what it was the first time you
> ran lilo to install the lilo loader into the MBR sector. It won't modify
> the partition table, nor will it erase any of the file systems. If you
> had a functional boot loader in the MBR sector, that that is what you'll get
> back.
>
> VIlly
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chiefy)
Subject: Re: formatting problem
Date: 8 Jun 2001 18:20:36 GMT
08 Jun 2001 10:55 UTC, Bernd typed:
[snip]
> Does someone know how i can get DOS to format the complete 13.9 GB of
> the primary/DOS partition??
I think you may find that M$-DOS (FAT) will only let you play with
2.1Gb. It is possible to get DOS to see 8.4Gb in some circumstances, but
'vanilla' DOS has a 2.1Gb limit.
Some of the boxes here have 41.1Gb disks, DOS only sees 2.1G (the
remaining 39G being Debian Linux of course :).
--
Chiefy. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: "KW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie X
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 13:28:30 -0500
edit /etc/inittab
and change
id:5:initdefault:
to
id:3:initdefault:
--
KW
In article <9fr3hc$30m$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Sergio Santos"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I already installed Debian 2.2 and everything worked fine! However, I don't
> want to linux start with X. Every time I boot linux I go to X. I know how to
> switch between consoles but how can I prevent X from start when I boot
> linux????????
>
> Best regards
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chiefy)
Subject: Re: Newbie X
Date: 8 Jun 2001 18:28:27 GMT
08 Jun 2001 17:18 UTC, Sergio Santos typed:
> I know how to switch between consoles but how can I prevent X from
> start when I boot linux????????
Try 'update-rc.d xdm remove'
Replace xdm with whatever you're using, wdm for example.
--
Chiefy. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: "Thomas Niercke" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: de.comp.os.unix.linux.hardware,alt.linux.suse,alt.os.linux.suse
Subject: Sound-Problem und README.linux
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2001 20:39:28 +0200
Hallo Leute !
Ich hab da ein komisches Sound-Problem:
Ich hab den Kernel für sound-Unterstützung konfiguriert und die Module
compiliert und installiert.
Die Module lassen sich auch laden uns aktivieren.
Aber wenn ich einen Sound spiele, dann stürzt der Rechner in 95% aller Fälle
nach einigen
Sekunden Soundausgabe komplett ab...
Ich hab auch die /etc/conf.modules angepasst, wie bei Suse beschrieben.
- IBM Thinkpad 755cx (soundkarte wird unterstützt als SB 2.0 oder SB 16)
- SuSE Linux 6.2
- Kernel 2.2.x
Auch hat SuSE nicht die Datei /usr/src/linux/drivers/sound/README.linux
dabei.
In dieser Datei ist aber ein Script, dass ich brauche um die Devices neu zu
initialisieren
(ich glaube daran liegt das Problem).
Hat jemand diese Datei für mich ? Oder das Script ?
Für Hilfe wäre ich sehr Dankbar.
Thomas Niercke
E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "KW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO failure, what to do? Please help.
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.help
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 13:33:21 -0500
Sounds like you are running into the1024 limit of earlier versions of lilo.
Which RH release are you trying to install?
--
KW
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "delta"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I have asked question in the groups about partition of a 19G hard drive and
> got help from many nice folks. Thanks to all those who helped.
>
> Now I encountered an issue with LILO. I was installing RedHat, at one point,
> it hit "Bootloader installation failed" and can't go further with LILO
> installation. I wonder what could lead to this failure? Could it be that my
> Windoze ME hasn't been installed? I doubt it.
>
> My current partition goes like this:
> /boot 15Meg
> Windoze ME partition (DOS 16bit>=32M) 9007Meg and then other partitions for
> Linux (/home, /usr, /tmp, / ... etc)
>
> Any help is gratefully appreciated,
> Jim
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mike W.)
Subject: Hard drive performance w/ hdparm
Date: 8 Jun 2001 11:34:44 -0700
I have Red Hat 7.1 on a ATA/100 IBM drive connected through a
CMD Ultra66 interface. The drive is the slave on the first
Ultra66 channel (hdf on ide2).
The command:
/sbin/hdparm -i /dev/hdf
reports the drive is in UDMA mode 2, which is Ultra33. I
believe this is correct, since Linux doesn't exploit Ultra66
or Ultra100 yet.
But:
/sbin/hdparm -tT /dev/hdf
reports 16 MB/s, that's 16 megabytes per second, on a drive
that can do 40 MB/s sustained read, and through an interface
that can do 32 MB/s.
What's wrong? On Windows I have another drive running at its
rated speed of 29 MB/s (Windows can exploit Ultra66).
Thanks,
-Mike
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From: "KW" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO Problem: /dev/hdh1 is not on first disk
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 13:35:14 -0500
If can get back in with the boot disk and re-compile the kernel, there is an
option to boot off-board chipsets first...
--
KW
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "mtr"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm trying to install RH 7.1. I have two physical HD's, both connected to a
> PROMISE ATA-66 controller. My first HD (which is the primary drive that
> boots to Win2k) is hde1. My second HD (which boots to RH) is hdh1. The HDs
> are not connected together in any way -- both are hooked up separately to the
> Promise card's IDE interface. (There are two direct interfaces on the
> Promise card...)
>
> I can install RD without a hitch, up until I get to actually installing LILO
> on the system. When LILO installs in post configuration, I get an error
> message:
>
> "an error occured while installing bootloader" "Warning: /dev/hdh1 is not on
> the first disk!" "BIOS drive 0x82 may not be accessible."
>
> Booting into RH using a floppy boot disk, I can edit /etc/lilo.conf to get
> rid of the "BIOS drive 0x82 may not be accessible" by adding "disk=/dev/hdh
> bios=0x82". However, I still cannot get rid of the "Warning: /dev/hdh1 is
> not on the first disk!" problem, and I cannot boot directly to RH without the
> floppy boot disk. I've also tried adding "disk=/dev/hde bios=0x80", but this
> doesn't solve the problem either. I'm using lba32, not linear mode. BTW,
> LILO does report the "*Added: linux" message once /sbin/lilo is run.
>
> Here is my parition information:
>
> /dev/hde1 -- Win2k Partition (40 Gig)
> /dev/hdh1 -- /boot partition (kernel files) (16 Meg) /dev/hdh5 -- / partition
> (12.5 Gig)
> /dev/hdh6 -- linux swap (256 Meg)
>
> I've been working on this problem for about a day now, and I'm really
> stumped. I can extract LILO's bootloader (using the "dd" command) and add it
> to boot.ini in Win2k, but all I get is an "L" when LILO tries to boot RH.
> The funny thing is that Mandrake will install LILO correctly (but only if I
> set my partitions up using Mandrake's auto allocate feature) and I am able to
> boot into Mandrake without a boot disk (once I've extracted the bootloader
> and added it to my Win2k parition, of course). I've noticed that (when I am
> able to boot directly into linux), Mandrake automatically sets up its
> partitions like this:
>
> /dev/hdh1 -- / partition
> /dev/hdh5 -- /home parition
> /dev/hdh6 -- linux swap
>
> (There appears to be no /boot parition!)
>
> I tried to set RH's paritions up this way, but RH (via Disk Druid) insists
> that /dev/hdh1 is the /boot partition -- it will not install the / parition
> here. I dunno if this really helps or not.
>
> Does anyone else out there have a similar configuration in which RH is
> working? If so, could you please post your /etc/lilo.conf file so I can take
> a look. I'm really at a loss here and would appreciate any help. I'm
> thinking about buying Partition Magic and resizing my Win2k parition (hde1)
> so that I can install linux on the first drive and have my second drive as a
> data drive shared between both OS's. Would that solve the " /dev/hdh1 is not
> on the first disk!" error? In this case, I was thinking about dividing my
> hde (40 Gig) into 20 Gigs for each OS. I assume that hde1 would remain Win2k
> and hde2-?? would become a linux parition. Would I run into problems if I
> did it this way?
>
> I don't have access to my /etc/lilo.conf file right now. If anyone wants to
> see it, I can post it. Just let me know. (Although I feel like I've tried
> every possible combination in /etc/lilo.conf at this point!!)
>
> Thanks for any help in advance.
> RW
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From: Felix Miata <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: HOWTO - PPP Chapter 17
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 14:45:08 -0400
Included in part:
*****
Fire up you communications software, (such as minicom), dial into the
PPP server and log in as normal. If you need to issue a command to start
up PPP on the server, do so. You will now see the garbage you saw
before.
*****
This is where I get hung. I enter the login name and password at the
prompt, then my ISP starts sending the PAP info, right? So just exactly
how does one in a terminal window initiate the PAP response? If I run
pppd from another session, it just echoes jibberish to the screen, which
apparently is not seen in the minicom session. I don't see a way in
minicom to execute anything other than a shell script, which pppd is
not. How do I get through this spot in the HOWTO?
--
A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under
control. Proverbs 29:11 NKJV
Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.members.atlantic.net/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lew Pitcher)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: HOWTO - PPP Chapter 17
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2001 18:51:10 GMT
On Fri, 08 Jun 2001 14:45:08 -0400, Felix Miata
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Included in part:
>
>*****
>Fire up you communications software, (such as minicom), dial into the
>PPP server and log in as normal. If you need to issue a command to start
>up PPP on the server, do so. You will now see the garbage you saw
>before.
>*****
>
>This is where I get hung. I enter the login name and password at the
>prompt, then my ISP starts sending the PAP info, right? So just exactly
>how does one in a terminal window initiate the PAP response? If I run
>pppd from another session, it just echoes jibberish to the screen, which
>apparently is not seen in the minicom session. I don't see a way in
>minicom to execute anything other than a shell script, which pppd is
>not. How do I get through this spot in the HOWTO?
IIRC, the howto goes on to say that you should terminate minicom with
the 'don't hang up' option (thus leaving the modem connected to your
ISP), and then start pppd (which will open the modem, and pick up the
conversation).
Lew Pitcher, Information Technology Consultant, Toronto Dominion Bank Financial Group
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
(Opinions expressed are my own, not my employer's.)
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From: Ardith Hoyt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: LILO stops at LI with IDE & SCSI setup
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2001 13:59:43 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I've been trying to get Software RAID set up on our server, and have run
into a problem with the bootup.
First the specs:
Promise Ultra SCSI 40 PCI adapter
4 9GB SCSI drives - for RAID
1 13GB IDE drive - old, not going to be in the RAID
SCSI drives are all partitioned the same:
sd*1 - 5MB ext2 for /boot
sd*2 - most of the rest of the drive in partition type 0xFD for RAID
sd*3 - 16MB swap
kernel 2.4.4
lilo 21.7.5-1
lilo.conf:
boot=/dev/sda1
disk=/dev/sda
bios=0x80
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
timeout=50
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.4
label=linux
root=/dev/md0
read-only
RAID is RAID-5
I have to boot from the IDE drive in order to run LILO, as it's on the
RAID. /dev/md0 is mounted in /raid, /dev/sda1 is mounted in /raid/boot,
and I run 'lilo -r /raid' to install it.
When I change the BIOS setting to boot to SCSI, Lilo only gets to LI. I've
checked the geometry settings and tried the linear option. I'm so close to
getting this to work, but this little hang-up is starting to get annoying.
Thanks for your help,
Ardith
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