Sigh.
I've now installed linux on the poweredges quite a number of times, but
each time with the same problem. When lilo is run with the 'linear' option
(necessary to get past 'LI'), it corrupts the partition table.
Disk /dev/sda: 64 heads, 32 sectors, 4095 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 bytes
Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sda1 * 1 1 48 48163+ 83 Linux native
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary:
phys=(5, 254, 63) should be (5, 63, 32)
/dev/sda2 7 48 173 128520 82 Linux swap
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary:
phys=(21, 254, 63) should be (21, 63, 32)
/dev/sda3 23 173 1201 1052257+ 83 Linux native
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary:
phys=(152, 254, 63) should be (152, 63, 32)
/dev/sda4 1178 1201 4095 2963992+ 83 Linux native
Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary:
phys=(521, 254, 63) should be (521, 63, 32)
(lilo v19, altho it also happens with 20).
Altho this doesn't really do anything, it isn't right. After running lilo a
few times on different kernels, lilo returns an error stating the partition
table to be corrupt.
Lilo is initially run under stock Slackware 3.6 (linux 2.0.36), and then
with a
2.2 kernel (I've tried with .7 and .9), with the same result.
The poweredge's scsi-controller is the onboard 7880, and the disk is a 4G
scsi.
Any opinions?
-Simen, who is somehow considering to insert 2940's - just to get the boxen
running.
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