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Re: Weird Linux problem
On Sun, 8 Feb 1998, Ariel Biener wrote:
>
> > ^^^^^^ Ouch. Are you using one of the famous RH stock
> > installations ? If yes, then you need the initrd to allow the kernel to
> > get its initial modules. RH boots from an initial ramdisk, and then
> > chroots to the real root device, which it sometimes mounts using said
> > modules. When you change the LILO conf by hand, you need to migrate the
> > initrd or else it will not boot. I forgot about this RH hi-tech
> > undocumented feature ;) Long live Slackware.
>
> Peter, I am not getting there, I am stuck at LI :)
Ok, it was an O(ff)T comment.
>
> And, Shachar, I know what NORMAL, LARGE and LBA are. Both drives are
> installed as LBA, but the kernel choses to see the 2nd drive as LARGE (not
> normal as you said). But, the problem is with /dev/hda, which is seen as
> LBA.
>
> I'll prolly take Peter's advice, and force the BIOS(i.e. disable Auto).
If you have an Award BIOS, you must ;) How come you say the kernel sees a
drive (lt alone two) when you don't get past LI ?
OTOH, what boot manager are you using ? Did you put LILO under L95 on hda
or in hdb. I do not remember all the details, but I think there was
something about LILO not liking its being on the 2nd drive. Wrong or right
?
Peter