Andrew,
I bought a new WD Caviar that was too big for my old mobo. EZBoot
*fixed* the BIOS. When I booted up all was ok. When EZ wanted to control
my system I removed it. There's a caveat concerning reformatting, HDD
size, BIOS and EZ, but I don't remember what it is. Be sure to READ the
docs before you try to reformat this drive. It has a great warranty. If
you're having trouble with it, call tech support first and get your RMA.
Once my WD was set up correctly I had zero problems installing Winders
or any software. My complete L-M package installed perfectly in about 30
minutes and it was just a few minutes more to configure KPPP and
Netscape. My W98/Linux dual-boot system performs just as I expected even
though both are on the same drive.
My System: 1996 ASUS Slot 7 mobo/Intel CPU.
Pj
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> On Mon, 13 Mar 2000, Andrew Vick wrote:
>
> > I've been getting the same error message from LILO: "L 01 01 01..."
> >
> > I've been getting around it by rebooting. When I turn on my computer, the
> > first thing I do is Ctrl-Alt-Del. When the computer reboots, LILO runs
> > without problem. To me the error only happens the first time I boot up my
> > computer after it has been turned off.
> >
> > I have not figured out any solution beyound the three-fingered salute, I have
> > a suspicion that it is caused by my harddrive. Do you, like I, have a large
> > WDCaviar drive with EZ-Boot or their more modern DataLifeguard? I have no
> > direct evidence that the drive (it is the second drive on my computer) is the
> > problem, but (I suspect) it was causing boot trouble even before I installed
> > Mandrake (I had/have Win98) causing the computer to freeze when Windows was
> > booting.
> >
> > My little anecdote.
> >
> > -Andrew Vick
> >
