>Warning : linear may generate cylinder # above 1023 at boot >Fatal : sector address 40122944 to large for linear ( try LBA 32 instead )
I'd say here is your problem. It sounds like your BIOS is a bit old and can't handle LBA32 mode, and the partition you are trying to boot from is too far into your disk. You can google around for information on trying to boot above the 1023 limit; the long and the short of it is that IDE disks were originally designed that each sector is addressed by a Cylinder,Head,Track (C,H,T) tuple, and the old bios's have only 24 bits assigned for this. You end up with 10 bits for your cylinder address (cylinder 0 is special hence 1023) and this limit. LBA32 mode is an extension that allows you to get around this, but it's no good if your bios doesn't support it. You have a number of options * update your bios (maybe not an option) * put your boot partition at the FRONT of your disk (probably best solution) * get any old (small) drive and put that in and boot from that * use a boot disk all the time Good luck, -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
