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Re: Weird Linux problem



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 :)
> 
> 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.
> 

Just a wild guess, but...
Could it be /dev/hdb has a "disk manager" installed on it? this I
beliebe would mean why LILO cannot find the kernel it is trying to load
and why you see /dev/hdb as LARGE ...

Gilad.

> I'll prolly take Peter's advice, and force the BIOS(i.e. disable Auto).
> 
> --Ariel
> 
> >
> > >
> > > > 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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> > > >    | Ariel Biener                                                  |
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> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > Shachar Tal
> > > ------------
> > > Technion, Faculty of Architecture system administrator
> > > email: shachar@vipe.technion.ac.il, system@aluf.technion.ac.il
> > > KeyID 0481FEF1 fingerprint = 52 1B 97 6A F2 77 AE C6  64 B6 5A 5E 14 28 8E 7E
> > >
> > >
> > >
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>    | Ariel Biener                                                  |
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