i also have a problem of boot : i installed a partition /boot of 10 MB but i can't use it because it is on the second HD but i installed lilo (graphical) on the hda and it appears as non graphical. i tryed to make it with drakeboot(?) but it appears to be already in this mode but still the same in text mode... :-( then i tryed (many...) grub which works correctly ! ??? how does it work ? but my better way of configurating it would be to install a choice linux or windows on hda and differents linux boots on hdb. is it possible ? thx in advance for help DAM ;-) > > I have just installed LM 8.0. The biggest problem I > > have with it is that I have to boot from a floppy. > > After the install I rebooted and ended up with a > > kernel panic. After a little research I found out that > > I had to enter "linux ide=reverse" when I boot lilo > > from a floppy. OK, easy to fix, just boot up, add the > > appropriate info to lilo.conf, and I should be up and > > running. Doesn't work that way. I try to run "lilo -b > > /dev/hda" to install it in my MBR and I get the 1024 > > cylinder error. Shouldn't happen with this version of > > lilo. I try to use Drakeboot, select Grub and it > > continually tries to use lilo. It won't use Grub, only > > lilo. My hardware and the file system may have > > something to do with this. > > FIC AZ-11 MB, with a Promise ATA 100 controller card. > > IBM 16GB ATA 100 hard drive, partitioned 1/2 for > > windoze, and 1/2 for Linux, using reiserfs. > > Except for not remembering the exact wording of the > > error I get when I try to run lilo this pretty well > > sums up the situation. > > Thanks for the help in getting this resolved. > The resolution I found for the kernel panic error was to > create an Ext2 /boot > This also allowed me to install Grub rather than Lilo. > I think the problem is somehow related to the ReiserFS > and the VIA chipset.
