On Sat, 5 Sep 1998, Lennox Reid wrote: : I am a first time user of Linux, and decided it would be nice to use the : OS to try to save my old 386/33 (to some extent). I downloaded the system : from the web, made the installation floppies, and seemed to have gotten : Linux installed okay. However, when I tried to boot from the hard drive, : it came up with a prompt: "1FA: ". Nothing is echoed to the screen from : the keyboard, but if I hit ENTER, it comes up with another 1FA: prompt. : : It boots fine from the BOOT floppy I made, and sees the info on the hard : drive. Thinking it was a problem with the HD, I reinstalled DOS and it : booted fine. Has anyone else run into this or heard of it? How can I fix : it? It takes a LONG time to boot off of the floppy, and I'd rather not : have the hassle.
Edit /etc/lilo.conf, and comment out the `compact' line. You may also have to add the `linear' option. Run lilo and reboot - that works with most 386s and 486s I've setup. -- Nathan Norman MidcoNet 410 South Phillips Avenue Sioux Falls, SD mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.midco.net finger [EMAIL PROTECTED] for PGP Key: (0xA33B86E9)
