Ok weird one. Bios autodetect doesn't get it going properly.
I had to set it to autodetect but choose the type lba, rather than normal or auto. Now it's booting up fine Chris On 22 Mar 2002 16:18:35 +1100 "Peter Hardy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 2002-03-22 at 16:00, Booth, Christopher (Aus) - ATP wrote: > > Sorry for this coming from Outlook. > > Nobody's perfect. ;-) > > > I've got this new CPU and motherboard, and RAM, or rather 2nd hand. > > Anyway, my RedHat 7.1 hard disk, which dual boots between 2k and > > RH7.1. > > I am getting this error on boot up in which lilo stops at L. > > LILO prints each letter as it completes a specific part of the boot > process. The fact that it stops after the first L is significant. From > http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Bootdisk-HOWTO/a1483.html : > > "Output: L The first stage boot loader has been loaded and started, but > it can't load the second stage boot loader. The two-digit error codes > indicate the type of problem. (See also section ``Disk error codes''.) > This condition usually indicates a media failure or a geometry mismatch > (e.g. bad disk parameters)." > > So, sounds like the old and the new motherboard are using different > addressing schemes. I'd check and make sure the two BIOSen detect the > drive the same. > > HTH, > -- > Pete > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Much human ingenuity has gone into finding the ultimate Before. > The current state of knowledge can be summarised thus: > In the beginning, there was nothing, which exploded. > -- (Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies) > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
