it sounds like you have the > 1024 syndrome. If you haven't done a lot to
your system yet as far as moving in and settling down you may want to
re-install Linux. LILO doesn't work well on Large HDD's unless you use a
10-15MB /boot partition. LILO will work perfectly then. You would
partition your drive in a manner something like this.
/boot = 15MB
/home = at least 300MB or more if you have multiple users
/ = no less than 1GB or the remainder of your drive or however
much space you intend to allow your Linux system if you're dual
booting.
By using a small /boot partition (which should be the first partition that
you define) you're staying within the 1024 cyclinder requirment of
LILO. LILO can't see beyond that distance.
This is just a basic partition map for large drives, but the MOST
essential partition, and the one that is a MUST is the /boot partition.
--
Mark
** Registered Linux user # 182496 **
On Mon, 31 Jul 2000, Marco Fioretti wrote:
> Hello,
> I just installed Mandrake 7.1, and it looks great, except one or two issues.
>
> The most important is with LILO. When I power up, LILO starts, greets me,
> telling that it will boot the default image in 5 seconds, but nothing happens.
> If *I* type linux, LILO boots fine, and the system works great. I have an 8.4
> GBYTE HD, partitioned as follows
>
> swap hda5 240 MB cyl 0-30
> / hda6 300 MB cyl 31-68
> /usr hda7 3 GIG following
> /home/ hda8 4.5 GIG following
>
> It was done this way by the installation software. /etc/lilo.conf follows.
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> Thank you,
> Marco
>
> boot=/dev/hda
> map=/boot/map
> install=/boot/boot.b
> vga=normal
> default=linux
> keytable=/boot/us.klt
> lba32
> prompt
> timeout=50
> message=/boot/message
> image=/boot/vmlinuz-secure
> label=linux
> root=/dev/hda6
> initrd=/boot/initrd-secure.img
> read-only
> image=/boot/vmlinuz
> label=linux-up
> root=/dev/hda6
> initrd=/boot/initrd.img
> read-only
> image=/boot/vmlinuz
> label=failsafe
> root=/dev/hda6
> initrd=/boot/initrd.img
> append=" failsafe"
> read-only
>
>
