Re: Upgrade troubles from 7.1...

[Aaron Konstam <akonstam trinity edu>]

On Tue, Dec 11, 2001 at 11:05:32AM -0600, David W. Jablonski wrote:
> On Tue, 2001-12-11 at 09:57, Trond Eivind Glomsrød wrote:
> > "David W. Jablonski" <dave weccusa org> writes:
> > 
> > > 	During the upgrade process I recieve an error message stating that my
> > > h.d.'s number of cylinders is being reported other that 1024.  I have
> > > the option to ignore the message and continue (since the error states
> > > that this should only be a problem with early boot loaders).  It then
> > > does not find any linux partitions.  I used a clean install of 7.1 with
> > > this same h.d. in a dual-boot configuration with Winblows. 7.1 loads and
> > > boots fine.  Anyone else experiencing this?  Could I maybe need a ROM
> > > upgrade.  I am using LBA mode for my hard drive with BIOS auto-detect.
> > 
> > BIOS upgrade could solve it (and you do have a boot disk, right? :)
> >   
> > -- 
> 
> I'll try the BIOS upgrade tonight.  Why would I need a boot disk? (and
> no I'm not joking).  What does a boot disk provide that the cd doesn't
> in rescue mode?  I know my partition info. and booting from cd works
> fine.
The boot disk lets you run your installed linux. The rescue mode allow you to run a
"mini"-linux that allows you to fix problems that keep your system from booting.
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