>>> I was wondering if anyone has ever encountered a linux boot error >>> code of "L 01 01 01 01 01" and if so what they did to overcome this.
>>The L means the first stage has loaded. The error code means >>0x01 : ``Illegal command''. This shouldn't happen, but if it does, it may >>indicate an attempt to access a disk which is not supported by the BIOS >>>The background of the computer is that it is a P2 200mhz, >>>with a raid 1 pair of 40 gig hard drives which has been capped >>>to 32gigs due to the bios not being able to detect it otherwise, >>>slackware 8.1 is the os running on the bastard child. >>SCSI raid setup? Try booting from your rescue floppy etc and running >>/sbin/lilo -v -l and that way lilo will read in linear mode which i belive >>is needed for some SCSI setups. >The two hard drives are an ide pair, seagate 40's to be exact. I'd still try getting lilo to use linear mode if it's not. Will this be software raid or do you have some sort of controller card? As someone else mentioned do you have a small boot partition at the start of the disk? (cc'd to the list in case anyone is following this) -i [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.wienand.org ********************************************************************** CAUTION: This message may contain confidential information intended only for the use of the addressee named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, any use or disclosure of this message is prohibited. If you received this message in error please notify Mail Administrators immediately. You must obtain all necessary intellectual property clearances before doing anything other than displaying this message on your monitor. There is no intellectual property licence. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender and may not necessarily reflect the views of Woolworths Ltd. ********************************************************************** -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
