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Re: Weird Linux problem
On Sun, 8 Feb 1998, Peter L. Peres wrote:
> > 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 ?
Not Award Bios, I specifically said Intel Atlanta Board, which means
Phoenix BIOS (always used by Intel).
>
> 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
> ?
I put the boot manager on /dev/hda .
--Ariel
>
> Peter
>
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