Peter Ruskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

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> Thanks Pixel, tried that.  It's a GRUB bug. /usr/doc/grub-doc-0.5.94/BUGS:
>    - GRUB hangs up when accessing a disk via Adaptec AIC-7880
>     SCSI-controller in LBA mode. It is unknown if this is due to GRUB or
>     the SCSI BIOS. For now, you need to disable the BIOS support for
>     INT 13 Extension (that is, you can't use the LBA mode).
> This means there's no support for my Adaptec 2940U card unless I use a
> tiny disk.  All I get is the one liner: "stage 1".  So it's back to lilo
> for me.

:(  nice to know anyway

> 
> BTW, lilo-0.21.5-1mdk.i586.rpm on Cooker gives a nice menu, but it
> installs /boot/boot.b as a link to boot-menu.b, so drakboot can't make you
> a boot floppy - it can't open boot.b.  "Progress means deterioation."

I don't understand what/who is wrong here. Are you talking about drakfloppy
("Create a boot floppy") or really drakboot ("Configure LILO/GRUB")

I don't see what can be failing...

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