"matthew.r.pavlovich.1" wrote: >I am getting a quirky bug with lilo. I have a 4gig Wide SCSI drive that >is set to scsi id 0. I can partition the disk, write to the disk, read, >mount it as /, but I cannot boot from it (The boot flag is set on the >first primary partition). I have an adaptec 2940UW controller w/ 2.0.33. >Lilo runs correctly, and the light flashes on the drive, but at boot it >just hangs..not even a 'Li'. I was wondering if anyone has seen a similar >problem with lilo and large drives, or lilo and adaptec 2940's. Lilo >works correctly with another hard drive, that is a 2gig and on the narrow >bus. >
I had the same problem some time ago (Adaptec card, I don't remember the model). I solved it by disabling the "Extended translation mode for big disks" in the adaptec BIOS and adding the "linear" option to lilo.config. I hope that helps. -- Enrique Zanardi [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
