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Re: LILO won't boot Linux on a Seagate ST39173W/Adaptec 2940UW
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Matthias Andree)
Mon Oct 5 14:23:37 1998
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 1998 16:29:50 +0200
From: Matthias Andree <mandree@sx1.HRZ.Uni-Dortmund.DE>
To: linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
Cc: richip@mozcom.com
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In-Reply-To: <Pine.GSO.3.96.981003002139.8915E-100000@dns-backup.mozcom.com>; from Richard Neal G. Plana on Sat, Oct 03, 1998 at 12:32:07AM +0800
On Sat, Oct 03, 1998 at 12:32:07AM +0800, Richard Neal G. Plana wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been experiencing the same problem with three of our workstations
> here. I can't get LILO to boot my Linux kernel on a machine with a Seagate
> ST39173W harddisk and an Adaptec 2940UW SCSI controller card.
>
> The harddisk reports itself to have more than 1024 cyl and fdisk says LILO
> might have a problem with it. Question is: Is there a solution (for the
> same hardware)?
Have you tried the "linear" option? Next, check out the LILO
documentation (not the man page, there is more extensive documentation
which might reside in /usr/doc/packages) to find ways around.
--
Matthias Andree
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