Re: Computer unusable -- can't get lilo to work

2000-10-16 Thread Ethan Benson
On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 11:01:19PM +0930, Mark Phillips wrote: > > Just wanted to say that I've solved my lilo problems. I hooked up an old > disk with debian on it and used the lilo on that. Now my new IBM hard > drive boots properly (when made the third drive). > > I am still curious about wh

Re: Computer unusable -- can't get lilo to work

2000-10-16 Thread Mark Phillips
Just wanted to say that I've solved my lilo problems. I hooked up an old disk with debian on it and used the lilo on that. Now my new IBM hard drive boots properly (when made the third drive). I am still curious about why it the partition table of the IBM drive is not recognized when made the f

Computer unusable -- can't get lilo to work

2000-10-16 Thread Mark Phillips
My computer is currently in an unusable state. I am borrowing my Dad's computer to write this! The story in summary form: 1. Purchased a new 15Gig IBM ATA/100 hard drive. Hooked it up as 1st drive. BIOS detects okay. 2. fdisk complains that there is no known partition table on it. I get fd