This was answered on the Caldera list earlier this month(maybe). It's a drive
geometry error(can't see or recognize the drive), the solution was to try the
linear option in lilo to fix it.
Randy Donohoe
Mediocrity sucks.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Endries" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 8:38 PM
Subject: [expert] LILO no longer works
> Hello everyone;
>
> I have a LM 7.1 system on a which the motherboard had to be
> replaced. The system worked fine. While the motherboard was out,
> I put the (IDE) drive into another system (LM8) as a secondary
> drive. The primary drive in this system is SCSI. I was able to
> access the IDE drive okay after putting the proper entries into fstab
> and mounting it.
>
> Then I get the new motherboard back, and I put the drive back with
> it again, and it won't boot. I get LI.. the first two letters of LILO, and
> that's it. I thought it might be the manner the motherboard was
> addressing the drive, so I tried "LBA", "Large", "CHS" and "Auto",
> and always get the same result.
>
> Anyone have any ideas?
>
> Thank you in advance for any light you can shed on this problem. I
> really don't want to re-install the system if I don't have to.
>
>
> Bruce Endries
> Bruce Endries Consulting
> (607) 433-2677
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
