Re: LILO Problem (Still No Answer)

[CHRIS SARTLER <CSARTLER OLS-INC COM>]

Raj Singh wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to install RedHat 4.2 on a PentiumPro/150MHz, 32 MB, 440FX
> motherboard system which has a Seagate ST31720A 1.7 GB IDE disk (LBA,
> CHS 826/64/63).
> 
> My first partition is 400 MB. The installation goes thru fine and LILO
> installs on the MBR and I get the congrats message. On reboot, I get only
> the LI on the prompt. Reading the LILO mini howto, I find that this
> indicates that the second stage was loaded but cannot be executed perhaps
> due to disk geometry problem. A visit to Seagate website confirms that the
> CHS geometry of 826/64/63 is OK. Using a boot floppy and saying mount
> root=/dev/hda1 brings up the system just fine.
> 
> Any help would be appreciated. Have been grappling with the LILO
> installation for the past 2-3 days with no progress. Earlier LILO was not
> even installing, did a low-level format of the disk and have managed to
> install LILO but cannot go beyond the LI on the prompt on reboot.
> 
> -- Raj
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Raj:

  Make sure that when you install LILO, that you are generating a linear 
addressing scheme (use the -l option). I also found that when you run
the LILO install, it is very handy to use the verbose setting (option
-v). This will provide many more message with which to debug a problem.