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lilo installation problems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John.Main.JCMAIN@nt.com)
Mon Oct 21 18:38:08 1996
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 1996 21:55:14 +0000
From: John.Main.JCMAIN@nt.com
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Hello,
I am having big problems installing redhat linux 4.0 .
I boot from the floppy, go through the entire installation process
without a hitch, and then it will not properly install lilo. It then
gets confused in a loop, and things go down hill from there.
Here's what I send to redhat support (with no response, yet):
>> I just got the 4.0 release on CD and cannot get it to install.
>>
>> Everything goes fine until I get to the lilo installation. I
>> select the "/dev/hda Master Boot Record", change nothing on the
>> Bootable Partitions screen, hit Ok and after flashing "Installing
>> Boot Loader", an error dialog comes up. It says:
>>
>>
>> An error occured during step "Install
>> bootloader" of the install.
>>
>> You may retry that step, return to the previous
>> ...
>> What would you like to do?
>>
>> Previous Retry Menu
>>
>>
>> No matter what I do, it eventually comes back to this problem.
>>
>> I read the mailing lists, and found a suggestion to run fdisk /mbr,
>> and then retry the installation, but that didn't work for me.
>>
>> I had a version of slackware linux from December of 94 previously
>> installed on this hard drive, but completely repartitioned the drive
>> during this installation.
>>
>> My system information goes something like this:
>> Pentium 90 - no fdiv bug
>> 32M memory
>> SoundBlaster 16 IDE CD
>> Connor CP850 850M IDE HD - reads Maxtor 7850AV at bootup
>> Western Digital WDC AP4200 IDE HD - second HD, no linux on this one
>> Diamond Stealth 64 PCI DRAM video card
>> Connor Tape Drive - uses floppy controller
>> 3Com 503 Ethernet Card
>> USR Sportster 288 modem
>>
I obviously have a completely unusable computer right now. I get the
error "Missing Operating System" when I try to boot now.
If anyone has more insight on this, please let me know.
Thanks in advance.
--
John C. Main
Sr. Software Engineer, EDD Project Leader
Northern Telecom, Inc.
jcmain@nortel.com
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