Wondering if anyone else has had the problem where, when linux is installed
to a partition (i.e. hda1) nothing happens after the "linux" image is chosen
in LILO. I've reinstalled multiple times and nothing happens. It's like
the hard drive won't 'kick in' and my computer sits stupidly, doing nothing.
The only time I actually encountered an error message is when I tried
running the setup via lnx4win on the first mandrake CD. It reported an
error initializing hdax (where x was whatever number partition I had it on
that time...) , but I haven't had problems with any other OS but linux. I
tried using the 'linear' mode for the hard drive, but it still didn't work.
The partition was within the first 1024 cylinders so should be bootable.
Most of the components of the machine are fairly new (K6-2 350, 128 MB PC100
RAM, Microstar MS-5169 Motherboard, Voodoo 3 2000 AGP, SB PCI 128, 8.4 GB
Fujitsu HDD, DLink 528CT NIC, Generic 36X CDROM, Memorex 2x2x6 CD-RW).
Booting from a floppy results in the same thing. LILO comes up fine but
when it's told to boot to linux the system just sits there.
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