Hey waddya' know? I moved the drive to primary slave, changed the fstab and
managed to get it working.
Cheers and thanks for the tip.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Statux [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 7:48 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: q&[EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Two Problems (CD Player/LILO)
>
>
> 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
>
>
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