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Weird Linux problem
Hi,
I installed a Linux today for someone in our physics dept. The
configuration is pretty standard, Pentium-II 300Mhz, Intel Atlanta 440LX
chipset, 512kb cache, 96MB memory, 2xQuantum Fireball ST 3.4GB, one CDROM
slave on the secondary bus, windows installed on the first disk, Linux on
the second.
The problem starts here: After I finished installing RedHat 4.2, LiLO
didn't configure itself properly, even though it is configured ok. The
problem is probably related to the following:
hda: QUANTUM FIREBALL ST3.2A, 3079MB w/81kB Cache, CHS=782/128/63
hdc: QUANTUM FIREBALL ST3.2A, 3079MB w/81kB Cache, CHS=6256/16/63
Linux is on /dev/hdc, while Windows is on /dev/hda. But, notice the
geometry translation difference. At home it works fine, by the way.
Now, to the /etc/lilo.conf file:
boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
append="mem=96M"
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=linux
root=/dev/hdc1
read-only
other=/dev/hda1
label=dos
table=/dev/hda
This is pretty standard.
But, no matter what, the machine boots up with a:
LI
:)
Any ideas ?
--Ariel
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