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Re: Weird Linux problem



On Sun, 8 Feb 1998, Ariel Biener wrote:

> 
>    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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Turn off the 'auto' option in the BIOS geometry selector for both disks,
afer entering the right values by hand. Select 'linear' mapping if
possible. LILO prints each letter as it reads one of its 4 sectors if I
remember well. Yours gets only the 1st 2. I don't know why. 

hope this helps,
	Peter