----- Original Message -----
From: "Borsenkow Andrej" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 10:15 AM
Subject: RE: [Cooker] Mandrake 8.1 Beta 3
> > I also have a A7V. There is no problem with Mandrake, except a bug
> with
> > Lilo
> > :
> > I use the hd on the Promise to boot (hde), and, if hda is present, and
> > even
> > if I select hde as boot device, lilo installs "fine", but at boot I
> get a
> > "LI" message. And so I have to unplug my hda drive and reinstall Lilo
> (and
> > by the way I can't boot on hda via Lilo)
> >
>
> It is not a bug. Lilo relies on BIOS to access boot device. BIOS
> normally cannot access more than 4 IDE drives. When you unplug hda I
> guess Promise BIOS plays some tricks (like SCSI controllers do) to allow
> BIOS to see this drive.
I CAN boot hde with hda connected, there is an option for that in the Bios,
by the way, there is a Promise Bios, like SCSI ones. The problem is that
lilo can't install correctly in hde if hda connected.
> Why cannot you boot from hda?
Because, since if hda is connected at install, lilo doesn't work, so lilo
refused to provide a boot option on hda, coz it's not present (at install).
Not very clear, ok :)
Sylvain OBEGI
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