In /etc/lilo.conf, remove the keyword "linear", insert "lba32", and
don't forget to run /sbin/lilo again to update the MBR.
This should work if you have a newer motherboard.
On older motherboards that don't support lba32, the partition
containing the /boot directory must end before cylinder 1024 of the
one of the first two hard disks. Use Partition Magic or similar to
squeeze your hda1 below 1024 so there is room for a /boot partition.
On Thu, Jul 19, 2001 at 01:51:03AM -0700, Mick Mearns wrote:
> Hello list;
>
> I have three physical boxes:
>
> The main cpu box - has two IDE drives an IDE CDROM and a SCSI HD.
> An external scsi box with a cdrom and a cd-rw.
> An external scsi box with 2 hd's in it.
> --------------------------------------
> here is my setup:
>
> (CPU Box)
> hda hda1 8G b win95 (FAT32) /w98se
> hdb cdrom
> hdc hdc1 1G 83 /
> hdc2 512M 82 swap
> hdc3 2G 83 /usr/local
> hdc4 6G 5 extended
> hdc5 512M 83 /home
> hdc6 512M 83 /var
> hdc7 5G 83 /usr
> sda sda1 2G b win95 (FAT32) /mnt/common
>
> (scsi HD box)
> sdb sdb1 8G b win95 (FAT32) /mnt/ext-scsi-Lower
> sdc sdc1 8G b win95 (FAT32) /mnt/ext-scsi-upper
>
> (scsi CD box)
> sdd cdrom
> sde cdrw
>
> (The sizes are rounded off)
>
> All the hardware works fine.
> I just unstalled RH 7.1 from the CD's, it installed fine
> using X and made a boot disk.
>
> The trouble is that I get the dreaded "LI" when I try to boot from the hard
> drive.
>
> I have tried disk=/dev/hda bios=0x80 all the way up to sde/0x87
> in /etc/lilo - no help
>
> The weird thing is that if I power down and just remove the external box with
> the two hard drives in it and boot from floppy - run lilo - it works!
> --------------------------------
>
> The install saw all the hard drives and fdisk let me see them.
> I can mount them as well as the CD drives after booting with the boot disk.
>
> hda = quantum bigfoot 8.4G
> hdb = 32x MAx cdrom
> hdc = seagate fireball 6.4G
>
> sda = seagate ST-52160 2G
>
> sdb = seagate SX410800N 9.1G full Ht
> sdc = seagate SX410800N 9.1G full Ht
>
> sdd = NEC 24X CDROM
> sde = SAF CDRW 226
> -----------------------
>
> right now I have MAIN->HD->CD->term (fails to boot)
> also tried MAIN->CD->HD->term (fails to boot)
> MAIN->CD->term (works fine)
>
> I can access all the drives and write CD's under W98.
>
> The reason for the win95(FAT32) partitions is that I want to make these two
> drives as portable as possible.
>
> I plan to move the external box between various CPU's.
> This is a p2 on a Gateway NLX style MB 128M pc133.
> The scsi controller is a SIIG initio INIC-940 (from w98)
> I have re-run /sbin/lilo -v -v evertime that I make a change.
> (note: Kudzu did not detect the difference when I moved/removed drives around)
> I have also played around with device numbers.
>
> anyone have any ideas?
>
> thanks Mick
>
>
> =====
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