I finally had the time to play with this - it seems that lilo does not
automatically get configured for the correct root partition.
Using the Promise Ultra 100 controller, I checked what the install had
automatically set the / partition to be for lilo. It was set to hde1 even
though I partitioned hdf during install to / which should have made it
hdf1. Once I made the change during the boot manager configuration stage,
everything worked. If I had let it go again, it'd still be looking for /
on hde....
I didn't need the rescue diskette that you referred me to but I will save
it for emergencies...
Ed
At 12:00 PM Wednesday, 5/9/2001, Alan Carpenter wrote -=>
>During the mandrake 8 install, I create my partitions on a second HD a
>maxtor. It creates the partitions as "hdf5 through hdf8". When linux boots
>it see's the drive as "Hdb" and I get a kernel panic error and linux fails
>to load. So there's a confliction between the label of the HD. Could this
>be a problem with my promise controller? Could this be a bug in the
>install?
Ed Kasky
Los Angeles, CA
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