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Re: Another "LI" boot problem
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brian Dragoo)
Mon Nov 9 11:46:12 1998
From: BDragoo@thomasaquinas.edu (Brian Dragoo)
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Date: Mon, 9 Nov 1998 07:55:46 -0800
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Thanks for all of the help regarding this LILO booting problem. The fix =
was simple: adding the line "linear" (no pun) to my lilo.conf problem =
was all it took. The winning solution was graciously submitted by Mr. =
Tony Richardson. Hope it helps others...
Brian Dragoo
Thomas Aquinas College
-----Original Message-----
From: Ty Hughes <KE4JG@mindspring.com>
To: redhat-list@redhat.com <redhat-list@redhat.com>
Cc: BDragoo@thomasaquinas.edu <BDragoo@thomasaquinas.edu>
Date: Sunday, November 08, 1998 7:44 PM
Subject: Re: Another "LI" boot problem
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Bad news from another Linux machine having (partial) boot =
problems.
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I'm running a single hard drive, single OS RH Linux box - LILO =
is set to boot from=20
(obviously) /dev/hda. On booting from the HD, it makes it as far =
as "LI", then....nothing.
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On booting from floppy - everything is just fine.
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I had a similar problem using an old Conner 1.6 gb drive. RH 5.1 =
installed itself normally but whenever I tried to boot from the hard =
drive, LILO stopped with the message "LI". Changing the CMOS drive =
settings solved the problem.
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In my case, the Conner (now Western Digital) website showed two =
different settings for cylinders/heads/sectors for the drive. One was =
for MS/DOS and the other was for non-MS/DOS operating systems. (The =
label on the hard drive only showed the MS/DOS settings.) When I changed =
the CMOS drive settings to the non-MS/DOS operating settings, Linux =
booted normally.
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Hope that helps.
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Ty Hughes
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<DIV><FONT color=3D#000000 size=3D2>Thanks for all of the help regarding =
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<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Brian Dragoo</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT size=3D2>Thomas Aquinas College</FONT></DIV>
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"LI" boot problem<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>At 04:37 PM =
11/5/1998 -0800,=20
you wrote: <BR>----------------------------------------<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE>Bad news from another Linux machine having (partial) =
boot=20
problems.<BR><BR>I'm running a single hard drive, single OS RH =
Linux box=20
- LILO is set to boot from <BR>(obviously) /dev/hda. On booting =
from the=20
HD, it makes it as far as "LI", =
then....nothing.<BR><BR>On=20
booting from floppy - everything is just =
fine.<BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>I had=20
a similar problem using an old Conner 1.6 gb drive. RH 5.1 installed =
itself=20
normally but whenever I tried to boot from the hard drive, LILO =
stopped with=20
the message "LI". Changing the CMOS drive settings solved =
the=20
problem.<BR><BR>In my case, the Conner (now Western Digital) website =
showed=20
two different settings for cylinders/heads/sectors for the drive. =
One was=20
for MS/DOS and the other was for non-MS/DOS operating systems. (The =
label on=20
the hard drive only showed the MS/DOS settings.) When I changed the =
CMOS=20
drive settings to the non-MS/DOS operating settings, Linux booted=20
normally.<BR><BR><BR>Hope that helps.<BR><BR>Ty Hughes<BR><BR>-- =
PLEASE read=20
the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES!=20
http://www.redhat.com http://archive.redhat.com To unsubscribe: mail =
redhat-list-request@redhat.com with "unsubscribe" as the =
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