After some considerable trouble and time in trying to get the aha152x.s
kernel image for slackware 3.3 to see the 2GB scsi drive and controller
in order to just install the OS, I got help with a boot parameter:
aha152x=0x340,11,1,0
(what does the last 1 and 0 mean?)
Here is my problem: I install LILO and go to reboot and the system will
not reboot. When LILO is configured (part of the install setup), it
whines about the cylinder being > 1024. I assume this is the kernel image
where it is probably in a cylinder too large to boot from.
However, I don't even get LILO to come up trying to load the MBR. I can
get this to work for DOS, but I want the entire drive (which is SCSI 0,
and is the only HD in the system (I have a IDE CDROM) to be a single linux
partition (except for a 64MB swap parttition). It would be worthy to note
that I am not having a problem with the CDROM trying to boot--my BIOS on
the motherboard does not support CDROM booting (AMI BIOS).
How do I accomplish being able to boot with LILO (not using a floppy--this
system has to come up very quickly for other servers that depend on it's
HD for NFS mounts)???
TIA!
