On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> Gentlemen:
> Thanks for the responses. I will try to comment/respond to your questions
> together here.
>
> Bug Hunter: I have not tried this, but would there be a difference between
> a fresh install of Mandrake 6.0 and Mandrake 6.1? 6.0 is fine; 6.2 hangs on
> 'LI'.
>
> Mike: The drive is clean; just Linux is on it. The drive is an IDE IBM
> DeskStar 9.1GB, configured as follows:
>
> BIOS reports 1027, 255, 63 (LBA). Curiously, fdisk says 1108, even if you
> force it to 1024.
>
I would go by what the BIOS is reporting. I'd still suggest
putting a /boot partition of 5-10 megs as the first
partition. Since this is a fresh install, just wipe the
drive, fdisk/mbr to kill the "bad" lilo and reinstall with
a separate /boot partition.
John
