I don't know if they ever fixed it, but the Linux boot drive had to be hda, hdb, or hdc (I think hdc was included). hdd was a no go. On Sun, 11 Mar 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have two HD's /dev/hda and /dev/hdd. HDA consists of two partitions; a > FAT acting as a WinNT system disk and an NTFS for file storage. HDD is a > RedHat Linux 6.0 installation on an Intel PIII-450 mHz. > > Problem #1: LILO is intalled in the boot record of HDD and I tried to refer > to it using bootpart ( http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm > <http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm> ). The NTLDR still resides in the > MBR of HDA. When I try to load Linux from the NTLDR boot menu I get an L > and a bunch of 07's across the screen. According to the docs this indicates > an > > "Invalid initialization" and "The BIOS failed to properly initialize the > disk controller. You should control the BIOS setup parameters. A warm boot > might help too." > > Further to that, when I first ran stuck LILO in hdd's MBR I got a warning > stating that > "BIOS drive 0x82 may not be accessible". > I added a line to LILO telling it that /dev/hdd was at 0x82. > When I ran LILO this time, I got > "Warning: /dev/hdd is not on the first disk" > and the 07's persisted on the next boot. > How can I boot Linux from the HD? I can start it with a floppy, but it is > SOOOOOOOOO SLOOOOOOOOOOOWWW!!!! Is there some other loader that will help > me out here, or perhaps I just need to specify a few more options in the > lilo.conf? Maybe if I "control the BIOS setup parameters" (whatever that > means) this will work> > > Problem #2: I have a Yamaha DS-XG sound card. I downloaded, configured, > compiled and installed the drivers (ALSA-project) and they work, mostly. > When I first start GNOME, I have to open the gmixer before I can hear > anything. Also, my CD player stops at the end of a song, any song, the > first, last, fourth, what have you? That is annoying. How can I get it to > keep playing until the cd is finished? > > Cheers, > Rob > -- -Statux _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
