[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I think I may have a serious problem.
>
> When I reboot my machine the LILO prompt gets as far as LI and
> then stops.
>
Was the machine ever booting linux correctly?
Here are some past comments on that subject from Glenn Clements:
1.
This usually indicates a geometry mismatch between the BIOS geometry
and the geometry that Linux sees.
Try adding the `linear' option to lilo.conf.
2.
Ulf Jaenicke-Roessler wrote:
> the BIOS of my PC is able to boot from the second HD which is called
> D by the BIOS and /dev/hdc by Linux. I'd like to use /dev/hdc2 as my
> root partition and I want to install LiLo on this second HD, booting
> from it. I don't want to install LiLo on the first HD.
> Reading LiLo's documentation, I can't find a reason why this shouldn't
> work (because of the particular BIOS support), but in fact it doesn't.
> Booting hangs after displaying 'LI'. I already tried to enter the correct
> disk geometries but it makes no difference. I tried to install LiLo to
> /dev/hdc and /dev/hdc2, but this doesn't make a difference either.
If it's getting as far as `LI', then the BIOS has loaded the
first-stage boot loader. From the README file:
LI The first stage boot loader was able to load the second stage boot
loader, but has failed to execute it. This can either be caused by a
geometry mismatch or by moving /boot/boot.b without running the map
installer.
The first thing to try is to use the `linear' option in lilo.conf, to
eliminate geometry issues.
Also, I'm wondering whether lilo is getting confused about drive D
being hdc rather than hdb. Maybe specifying
disk=/dev/hdc
bios=0x<BIOS device number>
will help.
