> Yea, I have re-imaged one of these problem systems three times now, reinstalled lilo, played with every option lilo has and nothing. I just used fdisk to write a Sun magic number to the disk and now LILO booted but the system was of course hosed. I am currently pushing a new image to see if this jerry-rig approach works.
-CC > i recall having this problem a long time ago. > i don't know the exact solution but i can recall > some things to get you going. > > i remember doing a fdisk /mbr on the hd > and then reinstalling lilo. the exact steps taken > i do not recall. a search on google might be in order. > > i hope in some way this helps. > eric > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rhugga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 2:04 PM > Subject: [RHL] System is hanging with 'LI' only showing > > > > We just installed several RH 7.2 machines and a handfull of them have > the following problem: > > When the system boots it hangs when LILO is supposed to appear. All we > see is 'LI' and then nothing. > > I tried using a dos boot disk with 'fdisk /mbr' > I then tried booting from a RH 7.2 boot disk and running lilo again but > it still hangs. > > We did about 250 nodes and the same image was used for all, we have maybe > 7-8 that have this problem. > > Anyone have any ideas? > > Thanks, > CC > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > > > > _______________________________________________ > Redhat-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list > _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
