"divakaran u.m" wrote:
> i nstalled rh 5.2 on a 486 machine with 540mb hdd.
> i am able to boot with a floppy.
> but LILO is not loading prperly.
> it stops at LI. I read somewhere that if it stops at LI then prbably the
> disgeometry mismatch is there.
> where from does it take the diskgeometry.
> the diskparameters in the bios is same as those written on the hard disk..
> please advise me as to what i should do to solve this problem.
Hi!!!
As u r able to boot from floppy use the command 'lilo' at the command
prompt. this will rewrite the mbr with the newer lilo installed and try
booting up the system again I feel U r lilo will start without any
problem else the BIG Gurus on the list will help U up.
Regards
Raghuram Vijapurapu
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