Re: LI but no LO (contd.)

1998-12-14 Thread Chris Evans
My problem is that booting from the hard disc gets LI but not LO, i.e. LILO isn't mounting linux. Two people (many thanks) suggested I instruct lilo to use linear addressing either by using the lilo -l option or putting linear into /etc/lilo.conf. This sounds very promising but I think

Re: LI but no LO

1998-12-12 Thread Adam Shand
Now booting shows lilo getting through LI but then nothing. I assume something is going wrong in the loading of linux but I'm not sure what's likely to be wrong and how I should deal with it. I found one report of something similar in the archives but no answer there. i'm not sure if this

LI but no LO

1998-12-11 Thread Chris Evans
I had to change the SCSI controller on my home Debian machine (had to cannibalise the Dawicontrol NCR chip card to use it on another machine urgently). I found I couldn't get the same and put in an Adaptec 2940U. The Adaptec shows me all the devices on the chain correctly. I've told its

Re: LI but no LO

1998-12-11 Thread Stef Hoesli Wiederwald
Now booting shows lilo getting through LI but then nothing. I assume something is going wrong in the loading of linux but I'm not sure what's likely to be wrong and how I should deal with it. I found one report of something similar in the archives but no answer there. In the lilo manual

Re: LI but no LO

1998-12-11 Thread Peter Berlau
of something similar in the archives but no answer there. if You see the `LI' without the LO at boottime this assumes: The second part(step) of the LILO was not loaded, however. mostly the problem is: defekt disk-geometry or unexpected moving of `/boot/boot.b' Maybe in Your case it depends

Re: LI but no LO

1998-12-11 Thread joseph evan porter
I had to change the SCSI controller on my home Debian machine (had to cannibalise the Dawicontrol NCR chip card to use it on another machine urgently). I found I couldn't get the same and put in an Adaptec 2940U. The Adaptec shows me all the devices on the chain correctly. I've told