It might mean that the disk is bad. (This doesn't contradict at all what
others here have said... it's just another possible reason.)
hth,
kf
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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...
=
=
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