This is from the RH install FAQ...
When my machine boots, all it says is 'LI' and then it freezes. What is
the problem?
Answer:
This means that LILO (the Linux bootloader) is having problems
bootstrapping itself to the system. There are a
couple of things that may be causing this. You may have installed LILO
above the 1024th cylinder. The kernel needs
to reside entirely below the 1023rd cylinder on the drive. If this is
the case, you need to create a /boot partition that
resides in these limits and reinstall LILO. You may also need to go into
your system's BIOS and make certain that
LBA mode is enabled. If LBA was off, you will need to repartition and
reinstall.
It's that last line that's hard to understand, if LILO is below 1024
then why should switching from LBA to NORMAL mode give the infamous LI
at bootup? I tried it on my machine and that's what it did even with
/boot as the first partition well under 1024 cyl.
thanks...
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