On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Justin Zygmont wrote:
> This is from the RH install FAQ...
>
>
> When my machine boots, all it says is 'LI' and then it freezes. What is
> the problem?
>
> Answer:
>
> This means that LILO (the Linux bootloader) is having problems
> bootstrapping itself to the system. There are a
> couple of things that may be causing this. You may have installed LILO
> above the 1024th cylinder. The kernel needs
> to reside entirely below the 1023rd cylinder on the drive. If this is
> the case, you need to create a /boot partition that
> resides in these limits and reinstall LILO. You may also need to go into
> your system's BIOS and make certain that
> LBA mode is enabled. If LBA was off, you will need to repartition and
> reinstall.
>
>
> It's that last line that's hard to understand, if LILO is below 1024
> then why should switching from LBA to NORMAL mode give the infamous LI
> at bootup? I tried it on my machine and that's what it did even with
> /boot as the first partition well under 1024 cyl.
>
> thanks...
>
>
The reasion is that the boot loader only know the tracks/sectors that it
is supposed to load the second stage loader from. But when you change
between LBA and NORMAL maping, the track and sector maping change, so
the first stage loader can no longer find the second stage loader.
Mikkel
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Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,
for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
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