John,
Is the 850MB (boot) a SCSI drive? If so, you may want to check
that lilo is configured properly. I had a similar problem when
I put together a SCSI system. Here is my /etc/lilo.conf file
if it is at all helpful (of course **change it to suit your system
configuration** and run /sbin/lilo to activate changes):
boot=/dev/sda
disk=/dev/sda
bios=0x80
prompt
timeout=50
image=/boot/bzImage.2210
label=lin2210
root=/dev/sda2
read-only
A deja.com search turned up the answer for me. My system would
*only* boot with a floppy until I made the necessary changes.
Also WRT to your 10.5G drive formatting out to 8.5G, you may want
to make sure that your BIOS is updated. On a compaq system I was
working on, the BIOS would not recognize a system w/ (IDE) hardrives
larger than 8.5G until I updated the BIOS.
HTH,
Chris
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> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 1999 6:26 AM
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> Subject: [expert] Boot problems w / dual-processor system
>
>
> I don't know if this is a "newbie" question or an "expert"
> question, so I'm asking in both... I'm hoping someone here
> can give me a suggestion -- I can ONLY boot off my floppy
> that I made at install. I am running Mandrake 6.0 (have not
> upgraded from what is on the CD yet.) My system hardware is
> as follows: Dual-PPro 200 mhz on a Micronics W6-LI
> motherboard 192 Megs RAM
> S3 Virge GX (Aopen PT75 Plus II) video card w/ 4 megs RAM
> Advansys ABP940-UA Ultra SCSI
> Hard drives: 1 x 850 meg Conner/Seagate, 1 X 10.5 GIG (only
> formatted out to 8.5 GIG for some reason) Seagate
> (full-height 5.25") SCSI drive.
> USR "Big Picture" Video Phone capture card (PCI)
>
> The problem is as follows: If I take my boot floppy out of
> the drive, it just sits there at boot with a blinking
> cursor in the upper left-hand corner of the screen.
> However, if I put the floppy IN the drive, it boots off the
> floppy VERY slowly -- I can watch each separate letter of
> "LILO" be typed.
>
> This doesn't seem right.... any suggestions?
>
