Joel Hammer wrote: > I downloaded the newest version. > My version is: > LILO version 21
That's the major version, what's the minor version, and revision number? I'm using 21.7.5 > According to the large disk HOWTO, this doesn't support lba32 or whatever. Well, the HOWTO is flat out wrong, since i use lba32. > However, I can't figure out how to compile lilo. The instructions are just > not there. Running QuickInst warned me not to use it for anything but a new > installation, whatever that is, ./configure would run, and make returned an > error. And that error would be??? > > Anyway, my other two 80 gig drives are working fine. So? THe 3rd isn't. You need lba32. > > Joel > > On Sun, Jul 14, 2002 at 02:06:30PM -0700, Net Llama! wrote: > > >>Joel Hammer wrote: >> >>>On Sun, Jul 14, 2002 at 01:50:30PM -0700, Net Llama! wrote: >>> >>> >>>>what does lilo.conf look like? >>>> >>> >>> >>>disk = /dev/hdd >>> bios = 0x83 >>> cylinders =155114 >>> sectors = 63 >>> heads = 255 >>>boot = /dev/hda >>>install = /boot/boot.b >>>map = /boot/map >>> >>>prompt >>>delay = 50 >>>timeout = 50 >>> >>>image = /vmlinuz-win4lin >>> label = win4lin >>> root = /dev/hda1 >>> read-only >>> vga = ask >>> >>>Hmmm.. >>>Looking this over, those disk parameters seem odd. I think heads should be >>>16 up there, at least to give 80 gigs. >>>I'll try that next. >> >>i see your problem. you need to use the 'lba32' parameter. recent >>versions of LILO support it (like in the past year or so). without >>anything else you do will be a complete waste of time. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ L. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step & TyGeMo: http://netllama.ipfox.com 4:15pm up 86 days, 23:01, 2 users, load average: 0.26, 0.32, 0.40 _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
