Re: [expert] Promise & 'LI' at boot
Each letter of "LILO" is a stage in the lilo boot sequence. I cannot remember where I found it, but there is a list somewhere of what stage "LI" represents so you have a chance of finding what its hung on. BillK On Sat, 2001-09-15 at 10:17, Joan Tur wrote: > Hallo! > > I've changed my K6-III-400 for a Gigabyte 7DXR with a Promise controller & > 1200 Athlon. My system is on a scsi hd and ide has to boot first in order > for win to boot so i've put lilo on hde. > > But i get 'LI' on startup. I've checked the mail archive and found no > sollution for this. Now i'm using a floppy disk to boot. > > And what i've tryed is: > -renaming /dev/hda* to /dev/hda*.bak > -ln -s /dev/hda /dev/hde (and so on) > and setting the startup hd to either hda or hde 8? > > Any idea?? Thanks!! ;) > -- > Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain > [EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 11407395 > Joan.Tur.pagina.de www.ClubIbosim.org > Linux: usuari registrat 190.783 > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Promise & 'LI' at boot
Joan Tur wrote: >Hallo! > >I've changed my K6-III-400 for a Gigabyte 7DXR with a Promise controller & >1200 Athlon. My system is on a scsi hd and ide has to boot first in order >for win to boot so i've put lilo on hde. > >But i get 'LI' on startup. I've checked the mail archive and found no >sollution for this. Now i'm using a floppy disk to boot. > >And what i've tryed is: >-renaming /dev/hda* to /dev/hda*.bak >-ln -s /dev/hda /dev/hde (and so on) >and setting the startup hd to either hda or hde 8? > >Any idea?? Thanks!! ;) > probably lilo search /boot/boot.b at a wrong place -> edit /etc/lilo.conf, make changes, then type lilo if no, it's a problem with the geometry of your disk(s) bye jipe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Promise & 'LI' at boot
(LI)The first stage boot loader was able to load the second stage boot loader, but has failed to execute it. This can either be caused by a geometry mismatch or by moving /boot/boot.b without running the map installer. Joan Tur wrote: > Hallo! > > I've changed my K6-III-400 for a Gigabyte 7DXR with a Promise controller & > 1200 Athlon. My system is on a scsi hd and ide has to boot first in order > for win to boot so i've put lilo on hde. > > But i get 'LI' on startup. I've checked the mail archive and found no > sollution for this. Now i'm using a floppy disk to boot. > > And what i've tryed is: > -renaming /dev/hda* to /dev/hda*.bak > -ln -s /dev/hda /dev/hde (and so on) > and setting the startup hd to either hda or hde 8? > > Any idea?? Thanks!! ;) > -- > Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain > [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 11407395 > Joan.Tur.pagina.de www.ClubIbosim.org > Linux: usuari registrat 190.783 > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 166678 begin:vcard n:threads;silky x-mozilla-html:FALSE org:General Dynamics - Electronic Systems adr:;;;Orlando, FL;32801;; version:2.1 email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title:MTS S - Software Test Engineer / I&T note;quoted-printable:Registered Linux User # 166678=0D=0A=0D=0ASmall minds discuss people=3B=0D=0AAverage minds discuss events=3B=0D=0AGreat minds discuss ideas. fn:Donna end:vcard Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Promise & 'LI' at boot
On Fri, 14 Sep 2001 23:56:31 -0400 (EDT), you wrote: >> >Hallo! >> > >> >I've changed my K6-III-400 for a Gigabyte 7DXR with a Promise controller & >> >1200 Athlon. My system is on a scsi hd and ide has to boot first in order >> >for win to boot so i've put lilo on hde. >> > >> >But i get 'LI' on startup. I've checked the mail archive and found no >> >sollution for this. Now i'm using a floppy disk to boot. Lilo returns "LI" on bootup if you have changed your hard disk configuration, because the parameters in lilo.conf are no longer valid. Since you have a "rescue" floppy boot disk, once the system has finished booting, type from the command or Xterm line, "lilo". That will reconfigure lilo. Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Veritas odit moras" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Promise & 'LI' at boot
Es Divendres 14 Setembre 2001 23:56, en [EMAIL PROTECTED] va escriure: > Hi, > > I had almost the exact same thing happen to me; It had to do with what was > master/slave on the ide controller, what was set to boot first in the > bios, and adding a line to LILO. If you tell me what is set to boot first > in the bios, I might have an idea; lilo.conf: --- [root@quinipc etc]# cat lilo.conf boot=/dev/hde map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b vga=794 default=Mandrake8 keytable=/boot/es-latin1.klt lba32 prompt timeout=50 message=/boot/message-graphic menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw image=/boot/vmlinuz label=Mandrake8 root=/dev/sdb6 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append=" hdc=ide-scsi" vga=788 read-only other=/dev/hde1 label=WinME table=/dev/hde ... --- HD is plugged in the 3rd ide controller, the 1st promise one. So it's ide2 and i can access its partitions using hde as device. -ide0: disabled in bios -ide1: DVD as master -ide2: IBM 30Gb as master -ide3: empty Lilo always run fine (i get no errors). I've also renamed /dev/hda* to /dev/hda*.bak and made simbolic links to /dev/hde* and then pointed lilo.conf to hda instead of hde and lilo still runs fine... but i still get 'LI' 8-? And i cannot use sda to boot because winME won't boot then... what about making a partition on hda to have there lilo?? 8-? Thanks for your help!! > David Charles > > On Sat, 15 Sep 2001, jipe wrote: > > Joan Tur wrote: > > >Hallo! > > > > > >I've changed my K6-III-400 for a Gigabyte 7DXR with a Promise controller > > > & 1200 Athlon. My system is on a scsi hd and ide has to boot first in > > > order for win to boot so i've put lilo on hde. > > > > > >But i get 'LI' on startup. I've checked the mail archive and found no > > >sollution for this. Now i'm using a floppy disk to boot. > > > > > >And what i've tryed is: > > >-renaming /dev/hda* to /dev/hda*.bak > > >-ln -s /dev/hda /dev/hde (and so on) > > >and setting the startup hd to either hda or hde 8? > > > > > >Any idea?? Thanks!! ;) > > > > probably lilo search /boot/boot.b at a wrong place -> edit > > /etc/lilo.conf, make changes, then type lilo > > if no, it's a problem with the geometry of your disk(s) > > > > bye > > jipe -- Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 11407395 Joan.Tur.pagina.de www.ClubIbosim.org Linux: usuari registrat 190.783 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Promise & 'LI' at boot
Es Dissabte 15 Setembre 2001 00:10, en Steve Browne va escriure: > On Fri, 14 Sep 2001 23:56:31 -0400 (EDT), you wrote: > >> >Hallo! > >> > > >> >I've changed my K6-III-400 for a Gigabyte 7DXR with a Promise > >> > controller & 1200 Athlon. My system is on a scsi hd and ide has to > >> > boot first in order for win to boot so i've put lilo on hde. > >> > > >> >But i get 'LI' on startup. I've checked the mail archive and found no > >> >sollution for this. Now i'm using a floppy disk to boot. > > Lilo returns "LI" on bootup if you have changed your hard disk > configuration, because the parameters in lilo.conf are no longer > valid. Since you have a "rescue" floppy boot disk, once the system has > finished booting, type from the command or Xterm line, "lilo". That > will reconfigure lilo. Thanks for your answer. lilo is giving no errors at all but i still get 'LI' on startup. I've given more details about my configuration answering ddcharles in my last message. -- Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 11407395 Joan.Tur.pagina.de www.ClubIbosim.org Linux: usuari registrat 190.783 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Promise & 'LI' at boot
Hi, This IS pretty much the EXACT same setup I have (different brand controller though). First, check to make sure that the bios has the boot order checking the correct devices in the correct order (i.e. make it boot off CD, then the correct hard drive (you will have to figure out what it is, from my bios, and others I have seen, it is usually hdx, where x is a number >= 0, which you figure out by counting from first hd/first controller hd0, second hd/first controller hd1, first hd/third controller hd2, etc., but NOT skipping numbers. So if you have 2 hd, one is first hd/first controller and other is second hd/third controller, they would be hd0 and hd1 respectively NOT hd0 and hd5) for hde. Next, add a line to your lilo.conf near the top ABOVE the "image=..." listings that says "disk=/dev/hde bios=0x80" without quotes (this is assuming that you have hde as the FIRST hd that the bios will boot. Also, change lilo.conf back to booting from hde again "boot=/dev/hde" without quotes. Then, rename your hda*.bak to their original names again and remove the symbolic link to hde. try running /sbin/lilo, and rebooting (all this was done ONLY AFTER you made sure you had a rescue disk of course, just in case ;) ). Hopefully, it will do the trick. HTH David Charles On Sat, 15 Sep 2001, Joan Tur wrote: > Es Divendres 14 Setembre 2001 23:56, en [EMAIL PROTECTED] va > escriure: > > Hi, > > > > I had almost the exact same thing happen to me; It had to do with what was > > master/slave on the ide controller, what was set to boot first in the > > bios, and adding a line to LILO. If you tell me what is set to boot first > > in the bios, I might have an idea; > lilo.conf: > --- > [root@quinipc etc]# cat lilo.conf > boot=/dev/hde > map=/boot/map > install=/boot/boot.b > vga=794 > default=Mandrake8 > keytable=/boot/es-latin1.klt > lba32 > prompt > timeout=50 > message=/boot/message-graphic > menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw > image=/boot/vmlinuz > label=Mandrake8 > root=/dev/sdb6 > initrd=/boot/initrd.img > append=" hdc=ide-scsi" > vga=788 > read-only > other=/dev/hde1 > label=WinME > table=/dev/hde > ... > --- > HD is plugged in the 3rd ide controller, the 1st promise one. So it's ide2 > and i can access its partitions using hde as device. > > -ide0: disabled in bios > -ide1: DVD as master > -ide2: IBM 30Gb as master > -ide3: empty > > Lilo always run fine (i get no errors). I've also renamed /dev/hda* to > /dev/hda*.bak and made simbolic links to /dev/hde* and then pointed lilo.conf > to hda instead of hde and lilo still runs fine... but i still get 'LI' 8-? > > And i cannot use sda to boot because winME won't boot then... what about > making a partition on hda to have there lilo?? 8-? > > Thanks for your help!! > > > David Charles > > > > On Sat, 15 Sep 2001, jipe wrote: > > > Joan Tur wrote: > > > >Hallo! > > > > > > > >I've changed my K6-III-400 for a Gigabyte 7DXR with a Promise controller > > > > & 1200 Athlon. My system is on a scsi hd and ide has to boot first in > > > > order for win to boot so i've put lilo on hde. > > > > > > > >But i get 'LI' on startup. I've checked the mail archive and found no > > > >sollution for this. Now i'm using a floppy disk to boot. > > > > > > > >And what i've tryed is: > > > >-renaming /dev/hda* to /dev/hda*.bak > > > >-ln -s /dev/hda /dev/hde (and so on) > > > >and setting the startup hd to either hda or hde 8? > > > > > > > >Any idea?? Thanks!! ;) > > > > > > probably lilo search /boot/boot.b at a wrong place -> edit > > > /etc/lilo.conf, make changes, then type lilo > > > if no, it's a problem with the geometry of your disk(s) > > > > > > bye > > > jipe > > -- > Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain > [EMAIL PROTECTED][EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 11407395 > Joan.Tur.pagina.de www.ClubIbosim.org > Linux: usuari registrat 190.783 > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Promise & 'LI' at boot
Hi, I had almost the exact same thing happen to me; It had to do with what was master/slave on the ide controller, what was set to boot first in the bios, and adding a line to LILO. If you tell me what is set to boot first in the bios, I might have an idea; David Charles On Sat, 15 Sep 2001, jipe wrote: > > > Joan Tur wrote: > > >Hallo! > > > >I've changed my K6-III-400 for a Gigabyte 7DXR with a Promise controller & > >1200 Athlon. My system is on a scsi hd and ide has to boot first in order > >for win to boot so i've put lilo on hde. > > > >But i get 'LI' on startup. I've checked the mail archive and found no > >sollution for this. Now i'm using a floppy disk to boot. > > > >And what i've tryed is: > >-renaming /dev/hda* to /dev/hda*.bak > >-ln -s /dev/hda /dev/hde (and so on) > >and setting the startup hd to either hda or hde 8? > > > >Any idea?? Thanks!! ;) > > > probably lilo search /boot/boot.b at a wrong place -> edit > /etc/lilo.conf, make changes, then type lilo > if no, it's a problem with the geometry of your disk(s) > > bye > jipe > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
