On Monday 14 May 2001 23:48, Jon Leech wrote: > On Mon, May 14, 2001 at 05:15:35PM -0700, Civileme wrote: > > On Saturday 12 May 2001 15:15, Jon Leech wrote: > > > The install went cleanly, but I'm having sporadic problems with > > > booting. Some of the time LILO 21.7 comes up with the graphical splash > > > screen, and selecting linux or linux-nonfb boots properly. Some of the > > > time LILO comes up in text mode, and selecting linux or linux-nonfb > > > hangs forever after printing 'Loading linux'. There is no apparent > > > pattern in when this happens. > > [...] > > > Let's see /etc/lilo.conf > > > > and fdisk -l /dev/hda > > 'fdisk -l /dev/hda' says: > > Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 623 cylinders > Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > /dev/hda1 * 1 261 2096451 6 FAT16 > /dev/hda2 262 623 2907765 5 Extended > /dev/hda5 262 300 313236 83 Linux > /dev/hda6 301 606 2457913+ 83 Linux > /dev/hda7 607 623 136521 82 Linux swap > > /etc/lilo.conf contains: > > boot=/dev/hda > map=/boot/map > install=/boot/boot.b > default=linux > keytable=/boot/us.klt > lba32 > prompt > timeout=50 > message=/boot/message-graphic > menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw > image=/boot/vmlinuz > label=linux > root=/dev/hda5 > append=" quiet" > vga=788 > read-only > image=/boot/vmlinuz > label=linux-nonfb > root=/dev/hda5 > read-only > image=/boot/vmlinuz > label=failsafe > root=/dev/hda5 > append=" failsafe" > read-only > other=/dev/hda1 > label=dos > table=/dev/hda > other=/dev/fd0 > label=floppy > unsafe > > FWIW, since the initial post, my laptop seems to have evolved to a > state (or, I am replicating sequences of events without realizing it, > that keep it in that state) where booting from HD will freeze after > 'Loading linux' in *all* cases, not just sporadically; the boot floppy > seems to be the only way to get the machine up now. > > Jon This is a laptop?\ I have noticed some weirdnesses with some laptops (SONY VAIO PCG series, especially old ones), that affects their ability to boot windows after booting linux without being shut completely down first. So I want to know more about your laptop. Then maybe we can reproduce this behavior and have a chance at finding out what is going on. Civileme
