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LIL- problems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kevin Myer)
Tue Nov 3 10:28:47 1998
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 1998 10:16:38 -0500 (EST)
From: "Kevin Myer" <kevin_myer@elanco.k12.pa.us>
To: redhat-list@elanco.k12.pa.us
ReSent-From: "Kevin M. Myer" <myer@elanco.k12.pa.us>
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Hi,
I've been bedeviled by LILO ever since I've started using Linux.
Sometimes, it works fine when I do a fresh install, other times I'm forced
to boot from a floppy. And most of the time, I haven't been able to
figure out how to fix it.
On my current machine, I get:
LIL-
Digging around in some FAQ, I find the following:
LIL- The descriptor table is corrupt. This can either be caused by a
geometry mismatch or by moving /boot/map without running the map
installer.
However, I don't know how to remedy the situation. How do I go about
checking for a geometry mismatch? And suppose I did /boot/map - how do I
go about running the map installer (is that LILO?)
Currently, kernels and junk like that does reside in /boot which is part
of the root directory and mounted off of /sda1.
Here's relevant information:
I have a 4.3Gb Quantum SCSI drive and I'm using an Adaptect 2940UW SCSI
card. The drive was partitioned with Disk Druid since at the time I
didn't know how to use fdisk.
My /etc/lilo.conf is:
boot = /dev/sda1
delay = 5 # optional, for systems that boot very quickly
vga = ASK # force sane state
append="mem=128M"
root = current # use "current" root
map = /boot/System.map
image = /boot/vmlinuz
label = linux
The partition table from fdisk is:
Disk /dev/sda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 553 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 1 42 337333+ 83 Linux native
/dev/sda2 43 43 553 4104607+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 43 43 166 995998+ 83 Linux native
/dev/sda6 167 167 290 995998+ 83 Linux native
/dev/sda7 291 291 414 995998+ 83 Linux native
/dev/sda8 415 415 497 666666 83 Linux native
/dev/sda9 498 498 513 128488+ 82 Linux swap
/dev/sda10 514 514 553 321268+ 83 Linux native
I'm at my wits end how to remedy this - the first partition is toggled as
bootable, the kernel and other info reside there, yes I have indeed run
lilo after installing the kernel and everything seems like it should be.
Is this only solveable by a fresh reinstall with a brand new partition
table? I don't mind booting from a floppy but sometimes I take it out
while duplicating disks and forget to replace it and find my machine hung
at LIL- when rebooting.
Any ideas?
I apologize if this is covered somewhere - I've dug and dug and what
documentation is out there is good if its very specific to what problem
you're having but I can't seem to find anything specific to my problem.
Thanks,
Kevin
--
Kevin M. Myer
Technical Services Specialist
ELANCO School District
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