i created a /boot partition as the first partition of the disk (about 40M), and it still doesn't work. is LILO screwed? whenever i boot, the screen is filled with "01". i can only boot using a floppy. anyone know how to fix this?
-ken ----- Original Message ----- From: Barry Dexter A. Gonzaga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Friday, October 20, 2000 3:05 AM Subject: Re: LILO > me tinks you have to create a small partition < 20M and mount it "/boot" > on ur 2nd harddrive, or u could use grub @ gnu.org/grub > > lilo cant boot from partitions greater that 1024th cylinder. > > hte_pagan > On Thu, Oct 19, 2000 at 06:34:18PM +0800, Ken M. Mevand wrote: > > hi, > > just installed "slink". everything is ok, except that LILO is screwed. i > > installed LILO in the MBR of hda1. when i reboot the computer, i can't see > > the letters "LILO" because the entire screen is filled with strings of "01". > > and it just keeps showing "01". so i can boot to windows or linux. > > > > here is my harddisk setup: > > /dev/hda1 - Windows 98 4Gb (default) > > /dev/hdb - CD-ROM > > /dev/hdd1 - Linux "/" 1.5Gb > > /dev/hdd2 - Linux "/usr" 3Gb > > /dev/hdd3 - Linux "/var" 3Gb > > /dev/hdd4 - Linux Swap 32Mb > > > > i managed to boot to linux using a boot disk, and reconfigue lilo.conf. > > however, when i run LILO from /sbin, here is the message : > > Warning : BIOS Drive 0x82 may not be accessible > > > > here is my lilo.conf : > > > > boot=/dev/hda > > vga=normal > > timeout=300 > > message=/boot/message > > prompt > > > > other=/dev/hda1 > > label="Windows" > > table=/dev/hda > > > > image=/vmlinuz > > label="Linux" > > readonly > > root=/dev/hdd1 > > > > > > thanks > > -ken > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null > > > -- > Unsubscribe? mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
