Re: [newbie] Boot problems

[Alan Shoemaker]

Somehow the following three messages ended up going directly to Axalon instead of to the newbie list, sorry.   Alan   1)---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   Axalon....thanks for trying.  I tried copying the initrd.img from the floppy to /boot and rewriting the 'initrd=' entry in lilo.conf to initrd=/boot/initrd.img, but this didn't help.  I checked and the 'alias_scsihostadapter aic7xxx' line was in the /etc/conf.modules file, so that isn't the problem.  So, I'm gonna' back up some directories and re-install tomorrow. )-:   Thanks again for the assistance. Alan 2)---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Axalon....yep, sure did run lilo, since one must run lilo every time a change is made to lilo.conf. I know the sequence of events leading up to the problem.  I upgraded Win98 with Win98 SE.  during the install Win98 SE wrote over the MBR of sda with the microsoft boot loader.  I ran lilo to overwrite the microsoft boot loader with lilo and got an error message that there was no /etc/lilo.conf (you later pointed out that /boot/initrd.img was also missing). So I attempted to write a lilo.conf to replace the missing one.  I accidentally put sda1 in the boot= line and wrote a copy of lilo on the first sector of Windows98's primary partition overwriting Windows98's boot program.  To get Windows to boot again, I ended up completely repartitioning, formatting and reinstalling Windows.  I also installed Boot Magic to avoid repeating the mistake I'd just made.  Anyway, the only way the existing Linux installation would boot was with it's own boot disc, no matter what I tried (with your help).  So I repartitioned, formatted and installed mdk 6.0 and now all is well again. The only isapnp.conf on my system (after I installed the new sox and the new sndconfig and then installed my PCI128) is in the /usr/doc/isapnptools-1.18 directory.  I don't believe it says anything about my system as the file date is 2/14/99 (or 14/2/99) and I've done everything on this system in June and July.  Should I have one elsewhere? Alan 3)---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Axalon....here is the cat /proc/pci: PCI devices found:   Bus  0, device   0, function  0:     Host bridge: Intel 440BX - 82443BX Host (rev 2).       Medium devsel.  Master Capable.  Latency=64.       Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf8000000 [0xf8000008].   Bus  0, device   1, function  0:     PCI bridge: Intel 440BX - 82443BX AGP (rev 2).       Medium devsel.  Master Capable.  Latency=64.  Min Gnt=136.   Bus  0, device   7, function  0:     ISA bridge: Intel 82371AB PIIX4 ISA (rev 2).       Medium devsel.  Fast back-to-back capable.  Master Capable.  No bursts.   Bus  0, device   7, function  1:     IDE interface: Intel 82371AB PIIX4 IDE (rev 1).       Medium devsel.  Fast back-to-back capable.  Master Capable. Latency=64.       I/O at 0xffa0 [0xffa1].   Bus  0, device   7, function  2:     USB Controller: Intel 82371AB PIIX4 USB (rev 1).       Medium devsel.  Fast back-to-back capable.  IRQ 9.  Master Capable. Latency=64.       I/O at 0xef80 [0xef81].   Bus  0, device   7, function  3:     Bridge: Intel 82371AB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 2).       Medium devsel.  Fast back-to-back capable.   Bus  0, device  14, function  1:     SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7895U (rev 4).       Medium devsel.  Fast back-to-back capable.  IRQ 10.  Master Capable. Latency=64.  Min Gnt=8.Max Lat=8.       I/O at 0xe800 [0xe801].       Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfebff000 [0xfebff000].   Bus  0, device  14, function  0:     SCSI storage controller: Adaptec AIC-7895U (rev 4).       Medium devsel.  Fast back-to-back capable.  IRQ 10.  Master Capable. Latency=64.  Min Gnt=8.Max Lat=8.       I/O at 0xe400 [0xe401].       Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfebfe000 [0xfebfe000].   Bus  0, device  20, function  0:     Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq AudioPCI (rev 1).       Slow devsel.  IRQ 9.  Master Capable.  Latency=64.  Min Gnt=12.Max Lat=128.       I/O at 0xee80 [0xee81].   Bus  1, device   0, function  0:     VGA compatible controller: ATI Mach64 GB (rev 92).       Medium devsel.  Fast back-to-back capable.  IRQ 11.  Master Capable. Latency=64.  Min Gnt=8.       Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfd000000 [0xfd000000].       I/O at 0xd800 [0xd801].       Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfeaff000 [0xfeaff000]. [root@localhost /root]# Alan