It's possible that the Linux '/boot' (or possibly '/') partition is
above the 1024 cylinder limit. In that case, you need to change how
your HD is partitioned (with a 3rd party tool, or with complete
reinstalls of everything on a freshly partitioned and formatted HD).
BUT, you said you set Win98 as 'hda'? Try booting from the floppy, and
editing that part of /etc/lilo.conf to '/dev/hda1'. Then save your
changes and run lilo. You should get messages to the effect of: 'Adding
linux* Adding dos'. If that works, try booting from the hard drive.
If it doesn't work, use a DOS boot floppy and type 'fdisk /mbr'. (I'm
not sure if that's the exact command, but someone else here should be
able to correct it if it's not.)
- Theo
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I have been getting errors galore ever since I tried to install LILO. The first
> time I attempted to install it, I got "an error has occured" message and
> skipped over it. The 2nd time I tried to isntall it I got the same. So I
> checked off the linear option in the install and LILO installed without giving
> me any error messages. Now my computer locks up every time it boots from the
> main drive. LILO begins to execute and displays the "LI" in LILO but then just
> freezes. So now I am stuck with a Linux boot disk, a Linux partition and a swop
> partition. I used the boot disk to boot into linux and configured my Windows 98
> drive as hda and my Linux drive as hda5 and tried various other LILO
> configurations, all that froze in the same manner as before. I also got error
> logs in the LINUXCONS that said something about a 1024 limit. I want my
> computer to just boot into windows now and totally remove the cursed LILO
> program from my master boot. I tried to remove LILO from my master boot so I
> went into the RPM icon in KDE and found LILO and clicked on uninstall. Now when
> I tried to boot from my hard drive again I still got the frozen LILO screen
> after I uninstaled it ! So now what should I do ??? I want to go back to my
> old confirgureation witrhout LILO and just use the boot disk to boot into Linux
> otherwise just have it go straight to Win98. How do I remove LILO from the
> master boot from Linux without the LILO RPM package. Any help is much
> appreciated. William