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From: "Robert Fox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, September 09, 2001 4:59 AM
Subject: Re: [Cooker] Mandrake 8.1 Beta 3


> I also have an A7V with and AMD 850 inside . . .
>
> I have two HDs (30 gig ATA100 on the Promise ATA controller) and a 20
> gig on the onboard controller.  I boot from the Promise controller and
> Linus runs off the Promise alongside Win98 and Win2K.
>
> I had the same problem after an install that when the system reboots, I
> get only "LI"
>
> The trick after the install is to boot to the rescue disk (boot medium
> like CDROM or floppy and type F1 at the Linux: prompt - then type
> "rescue" and hit return.)
>
> When it boots and you get to the bash prompt, type "chroot /mnt" and
> then edit your /etc/lilo.conf file (using your favorite editor) and add
> the following lines after the keytable entry:
>
> disk=/dev/hde
> bios=0x80
>
> if you have another drive under the onboard controller like me add also:
>
> disk=/dev/hda
> bios=0x81

Is that an on-board raid controller?  Can you see the raid drives from
linux??  I have a similar setup, but basically gave up on seeing the raid
disks...

-Jason




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