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Re: Problem with LILO



On Sat, 26 Dec 1998, Aviram Jenik wrote:


That is weird. I've installed RedHat on 8.xx GB disks and more, and never
had that problem.

--Ariel

> Not true.
> 
> I have this problem almost every time I install RH (usually on large IDE disks) and
> linear in lilo.conf solves the problem (or the linear option at the end of RH setup)
> 
> Ariel Biener wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 25 Dec 1998, Itamar S.-T. wrote:
> >
> > linear will help only with SCSI disks IMHO.
> >
> > --Ariel
> >
> > > Skliarouk Peter wrote:
> > >
> > > > > I installed Linux on a friend's computer (RH5.2) and it worked fine, but now
> > > > > when he starts up the computer, LILO gets stuck after typing "LI".
> > >
> > > > 1) Use CHS instead of LBA
> > >
> > > I'm not familiar with these terms.
> > >
> > > > 2) use option "linear" in lilo
> > >
> > > Thing was it already booted a few times fine, and only started this problem
> > > yesterday.Anyway, I can't reach LILO at all, so I can't use that option - it
> > > gets stuck after typing "LI" (out of "LILO:"), so I can't give LILO any
> > > commands.
> > >
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   | Ariel Biener                                                  |
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