I finally resolved this old problem by choosing the CHS geometry in the
BIOS. A counterintuitive fix, but nonetheless it worked.
On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 03:33:28PM -0500, Ryan Underwood wrote:
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> No change. anything else related to the geometry that I should try?
>
> On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 0
No change. anything else related to the geometry that I should try?
On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 08:25:59AM +1000, Jason Thomas wrote:
> use the lba option with grub
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> On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 12:47:12AM -0500, Ryan Underwood wrote:
> > What should I do to track this problem down? One concern is t
use the lba option with grub
On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 12:47:12AM -0500, Ryan Underwood wrote:
> What should I do to track this problem down? One concern is that
> perhaps lilo is ok with the geometry being wrong because it uses the LBA
> address on disk and ignores the CHS geometry; but maybe GRUB
Hi,
GRUB fails to load stage1.5 on my system. It is an MSI 6163 with two
non-booting Maxtor ATA drives connected to the onboard ultra66
controller, and a WDC 20G drive connected to the onboard PIIX
controller.
The BIOS mis-detects the geometry of the WDC drive; however, lilo loads
ok with the l
