[97920] in RedHat Linux List
RE: Another "LI" boot problem
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Phillips, Glenn)
Thu Nov 5 19:51:23 1998
From: "Phillips, Glenn" <Glenn.Phillips@airnz.co.nz>
To: "'redhat-list@redhat.com'" <redhat-list@redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1998 13:48:41 +1300
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I had this problem once - it was because the BIOS on the PC was not
configured with the right layout of the hard drive.
Since the install process starts with floppy's, the HD layout doesn't =
need
to be right (in the BIOS) and the kernel detects the correct layout =
along
the way. The LILO boot mgr obviously relies on the BIOS to tell it =
where to
read, etc.
Hope this helps,
Glenn.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: BDragoo@thomasaquinas.edu [SMTP:BDragoo@thomasaquinas.edu]
> Sent: Friday, November 06, 1998 1:38 PM
> To: redhat-list
> Subject: Another "LI" boot problem
>=20
> Bad news from another Linux machine having (partial) boot problems.
> =A0
> I'm running a single hard drive, single OS RH Linux box - LILO is set =
to
> boot from=20
> (obviously) /dev/hda.=A0 On booting from the HD, it makes it as far =
as "LI",
> then....nothing.
> =A0
> On booting from floppy - everything is just fine.
> =A0
> Here's my lilo.conf file:
> =A0
> boot=3D/dev/hda
> map=3D/boot/map
> install=3D/boot/boot.b
> prompt
> timeout=3D50
> image=3D/boot/vmlinuz-2.0.35-1
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 label=3Dlinux
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 root=3D/dev/hda1
> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 read-only
> =A0
> Any thoughts?=A0 If you need any more info about the system (I'm sure
> you'll) just holler.
> =A0
> Brian Dragoo
> Thomas Aquinas College
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