Hi there Raj,
On Mon, 17 Jul 2000, Rajesh Fowkar wrote:
>>> The first thing that is happening on my PC after
>>> rebooting is loading of ontrack OS given by seagate along
>>> with 17GB HDD. (This is needed because by BIOS does not
>>> support HDD > 8GB).
That is fine...
>>> Now also on startup it shows as 8.4GB HDD but after the
>>> loadking of ontrack OS 17GB is recognised by windos :-).
I don't get U here - just what do U mean??? Do U mean to say that u'r BIOS
identifies the disk initially as an 8.4GB disk, but u'r OS later
recognizes it as a 17GB disk???
>>> Now after running the lilo I do not get lilo prompt, but
>>> it goes directly to loadlin menu which I had setup earlier.
U mean it goes directly to dos??? If that is the case u'r Linux (ext2)
primary partition (most probably /boot) where LILO is installed is *NOT*
the active primary partition. Just run `fdisk` from *PURE F8 DOS* and make
that u'r active partition. If not U have some clarifications to make...
1. Are U getting the BLUE ONTRACK load indication still???
2. What exactly happens after the BIOS is thru' - I mean any messages
etc???
>>> Anybody has setup lilo along with ONtrack OS from seagate.
YESSIR!!!
>>> I have even put linear in /etc/lilo.conf.
I don't know if that is the wisest thing to do...
<snip from `man lilo.conf`>
When using `linear' with large
disks, /sbin/lilo may generate references to inac-
cessible disk areas, because 3D sector addresses
are not known before boot time.
</snip from `man lilo.conf`>
>>> What else I have to do ?
Chill out man, nothing serious unless U'r *NOT* getting the "BLUE ONTRACK
load indication" itself!!!
Regards,
Narain.
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