Hi ,
Always create /boot partition before 10 GB of your HDD , then do what you
like & after installation if lilo do not work boot with a floppy or cd & open
the file /etc/lilo.conf & find a line having "linear" , change it with lba32
then go to /sbin & give ./lilo -v . I think it may solve your problem.
Anirban Biswas.
On Tuesday 26 Nov 2002 19:31, Sourangshu Bhattacharya wrote:
> Dear Indrada (taking liberty though I haven't met u personally),
>
> Thanks for the info about rpm.
>
> I have 5 partitions in all :
> 1 primary windows partition (3GB),
> 1 extended windows partition in which i have 4 logical drives :
> 1st linux ( ext2) - 4 GB.
> 2nd, 3rd and 4th all windows ( roughly 4 GB each ).
>
> somewhere in the logical drives, i also have a swap partition about 200
> mb.
>
> linux fdisk correctly identifies the partitions ( even the order) and the
> cylinder count imposed is also not exceeded.
>
> I have tried a lot, but couldn't install lilo on mbr. at the end of the
> installation, it says lilo reported some errors (god knows what) and
> suggests i make a bootdisk. I have tried this with RH 6.2 and 7.1 PCQ.
>
> Thank you in advace for the suggestions
>
> Sourangshu
>
> On Mon, 25 Nov 2002, Indranil Das Gupta wrote:
> > Sourangshu,
> >
> > Yes.... MDK uses RPM format... most of the apps being shipped in RPM
> > packaging, has these days the option of RHAT as well as MDK RPM
> > packages.
> >
> > As far as lilo messing up... r u sure u r loading it properly? can you
> > let us know you partitions and what u r are using right now as the boot
> > loader? Only then it will be possible to suggest the correct way to
> > install lilo.
> >
> > hth
> > --indra.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Sourangshu Bhattacharya" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "ilug-kol" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 10:49 AM
> > Subject: Re: [ilug-cal] thanks to siddarthada
> >
> > > Hi Joydeep ( or anybody else),
> > > Does MDK support rpm based distribution ? also, what are boot loaders
> > > provided. in my computer, lilo messes it all up and i have to load
> >
> > linux
> >
> > > with loadlin.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> >
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