Hi,
I had the same problem as you, and I solved it adding the a line at the
top of
lilo.conf with the following word in it:
linear
Bye.
Mike Wood wrote:
> On Sat, 6 Mar 1999, Eric wrote:
>
> > How does one fix the problem of LILO saying:
> >
> > LI
> > LI
> >
> > when it boots and then just hanging there? It's a pretty standard
> > system, /dev/hda1 is a 4 gig partition and /dev/hda2 is swap. the
> > boot block is being installed.
> I believe that this happens when your boot partition is >=1024
> cylinders. I know this is a throwback to the old dos days, and has
> something to do with compatability (or lackof in a BIOS). Use LBA mode
> for your hardrive and make sure the boot partition is <=1023 cylinders.
>
> Mike Wood
>
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