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. > > > > -- > > Itamar - itamars@ibm.net > > -----------------------------o---------------------o > > Whole Pop Magazine Online | DADA IS NOT DEAD | > > http://www.wholepop.com/ | WATCH YOUR OVERCOAT | > > > > +---------------------------------------------------------------+ > | Ariel Biener | > | e-mail: ariel@post.tau.ac.il Work phone: 03-6406086 | > | fingerprint = 07 D1 E5 3E EF 6D E5 82 0B E9 21 D4 3C 7D 8B BC | > +---------------------------------------------------------------+ -- ------------------------- Aviram Jenik "Addicted to Chaos" ------------------------- Today's quote: And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what you can do for your country; but ask what your country can do for you . - John F. Kennedy, Inaugural Address, 20 January 1961 - ** rewritten by Megadeth
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