[snip]
> When the notebook wants to boot from the hard disc, I get:
>
> Insert Boot-Disk and press any key
You ran lilo?
(have to ask; I have one useful remark at the bottom)
> I've put together a few pieces of information that I thought would be
> useful in order to investigate my problem:
>
> pii233:~# hdparm -g /dev/hda | grep sectors
> geometry = 525/128/63, sectors = 4233600, start = 0
> pii233:~# hdparm -i /dev/hda | grep LBAsects
> CurCHS=4200/16/63, CurSects=4233600, LBA=yes, LBAsects=4233600
> pii233:~# dmesg | grep hda
> hda: TOSHIBA MK2110MAT, ATA DISK drive
> hda: TOSHIBA MK2110MAT, 2067MB w/0kB Cache, CHS=525/128/63
> hda: hda1 hda2 hda3
> pii233:~# fdisk -l /dev/hda
>
> Disk /dev/hda: 128 heads, 63 sectors, 525 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 8064 * 512 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/hda1 * 1 3 12064+ 83 Linux
> /dev/hda2 4 36 133056 82 Linux swap
> /dev/hda3 37 525 1971648 83 Linux
> pii233:~# cat /etc/lilo.conf
> boot=/dev/hda
> root=/dev/hda3
> compact
> install=/boot/boot.b
> map=/boot/map
> vga=normal
> delay=20
> linear
>
> image=/boot/vmlinuz
> label=Linux-2.2.x
> read-only
You did have /boot mounted when you ran lilo (suppose it'd give an
error, but anyway)?
> image=/boot/vmlinuz.old
> label=Linux-Old
> read-only
>
> image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.0.36
> label=Linux-2.0.36
> read-only
[snip dd MBR dump]
(Don't know what it all means, but first few bytes are same as on my HD).
> So it looks like LILO /is/ installed in the MBR. Why then the "Insert
> Boot-Disk and press any key" message?
>
> BTW: I don't have any options in the BIOS concerning the hard disc. So
> I can't switch on/off special modes for the hard disc. (Just in case you
> suggest something like this!)
Your BIOS did not get screwed?
As in, it does try to boot from HDD?
> If somebody could give me any kind of advice what might be wrong and
> how I can get LILO to boot from my hard disc, I'd be very happy! :-)
Diference with my lilo.conf is that you don't have the root=/dev/hda3
_after_ the image line, like:
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.0.36
label=Linux-2.0.36
read-only
root=/dev/hda3
And I have a line with
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.0.36-20.img
in the same block, but that seems unnecessary.
Good luck,
Kero.
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