Steve,
Check (change) the bios of the system,
hard disk settings in BIOS should read the same as fdisk :
> Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 789 cylinders
It is probably set to different cyls, heads, and sectors.
I had something like that before on an desktop system.
changing the values, fixed the boot
Jan.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Stephen
> Hargrove
> Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 1999 10:14 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RedHat 5.2/6.1 Installation
>
>
> I /had/ RH5.2 running perfectly on my laptop (Gateway 2500, P266) and
> decided to upgrade to RH6.1. I'm installing LILO in the MBR,
> as Linux is
> the only OS on this machine. When the system is booting,
> instead of LILO:
> it gets to LI and sticks, forcing me to power cycle.
>
> I've turned off the Plug-N-Play and Large Disk options in my
> BIOS, but to no
> avail. I've also done a clean re-install of 5.2 (which
> worked the first
> time), a complete install of 6.1 (still sticking on LI) and
> finally went
> back and did a complete reinstall of 5.2 (which is now also
> sticking on LI).
> I've read the documentation on LILO, and apparently the "I"
> is displayed
> right before the system starts the secondary boot loader. I
> don't know what
> this means, but I have a feeling that its somehow related to the 1024
> cylinder situation (but what do I know?).
>
> fdisk shows the following:
>
> Disk /dev/hda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 789 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End
> Blocks Id
> System
> /dev/hda1 * 4 67 51408
> 83 Linux native
> /dev/hda2 4 789 6313545
> 5 Extended
> /dev/hda5 781 789
> 72261 82
> Linux swap
> /dev/hda6 462 780
> 2562336 83
> Linux native
> /dev/hda7 68 461
> 3164773 83
> Linux native
>
> When I use the 5.2 recovery disk (since it's now sticking at
> LI as well), it
> says it's loading from /dev/hda1 and from that point forward, it never
> touches the floppy. So, apparently I can have a usable Linux system
> provided that I always boot from the floppy. <g>
>
> FYI, here's my lilo.conf:
>
> boot=/dev/hda
> map=/boot/map
> install=/boot/boot.b
> prompt
> timeout=58
> image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.0.36-0.7
> label=linux
> root=/dev/hda1
> read-only
>
> Any ideas on where I should begin looking? I've tried to
> provide as much
> information as possible. If you need more, just say the
> word. And please,
> don't be afraid to speak with me as though I'm an idiot. You could be
> right. <g>
> --
> Steve
>
>
