John Aldrich wrote:
>
> On Tue, 24 Aug 1999, you wrote:
> > 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):
> >
> Nope. 850 MB Boot disk is IDE. The 10.5 GB (which is only
> seen as 8.5 GB) is SCSI.
>
> I appreciate the help. Further investigation (with the boot
> floppy) seems to indicate that it's trying to boot off
> /dev/sda1, despite the fact that when it asked where to put
> LILO, I told it /dev/hda Master Boot Record.
>
> When booting with the boot floppy(created at install,) it
> comes up with LILO and then a message saying hit "enter" to
> boot normally from /dev/sda1 or type "rescue" to use a
> rescue disk.
Could you post a detailed message about the partitioning on the drives,
along with the contents of /etc/lilo.conf? It would make suggesting a
course of action much easier.
--
Steve Philp
Network Administrator
Advance Packaging Corporation
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
