[95161] in RedHat Linux List
Re: DISK BOOT FAILURE...Yikes!
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jeremy Domingue)
Thu Oct 15 16:06:43 1998
From: "Jeremy Domingue" <jer@hughes.net>
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Cc: <jim@finan.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 13:11:38 -0700
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I am assuming you can see your hard drive once booted from the floppy.
Have you tried running lilo from the command prompt once your system is
booted off the floppy? If not, boot with your floppy, double check that an
/etc/lilo.conf file exists (edit it if necessary), and run 'lilo'. If it
gives you an error this should at least give you a clue as to your next
step....
HTH,
Jeremy Domingue
jer@hughes.net
-----Original Message-----
From: James Campbell <jim@finan.com>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com <redhat-list@redhat.com>
Date: Thursday, October 15, 1998 12:49 PM
Subject: DISK BOOT FAILURE...Yikes!
Hi,
I recently installed kernel 2.0.35 (Red Hat 5.1) on a new computer (P2/350,
128MB RAM, 11.8 GB HDD) and after a easy installation, I got this error on
reboot -
Verifying DMI Pool Data........
Not found any [active partition] in HDD
DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS ENTER
I've never seen an error like that. I checked the partitions to make sure
hda1 wasn't more than 1023 blocks in size (it was at 1000), and told the
installation to install LILO in the MBR. Checking the BIOS, the HDD is set
to LBA mode. The trick is, though, when I insert the 3.5" boot disk, it
loads LILO and the system boots up and runs like a dream.
What's the source of my problems? Should I change the mode to LARGE
instead? Thanks for any advice you may have.
Jim Campbell
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