RE: REDHAT, LILO, MBR INSTALL Problem

["Cortis, Ed" <PZZ31651 GlaxoWellcome co uk>]

SORTED.

Thanks to Curtis. Next time I'll make sure I use a REDHAT 4.1 boot.img
disk rather than a 4.2 boot.img disk.

how embarrassing


Ed

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>From: 	Eric I. Ekong[SMTP:ekong ic net]
>Sent: 	16 July 1997 16:16
>To: 	'redhat-install-list redhat com'
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>Subject: 	RE: REDHAT, LILO, MBR INSTALL Problem
>
>Use a DOS boot floppy with fdisk on it and try this command
>
>fdisk /mbr
>
>erice
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From:	Cortis, Ed [SMTP:PZZ31651 GlaxoWellcome co uk]
>Sent:	Wednesday, July 16, 1997 3:03 AM
>To:	'redhat-install-list redhat com'
>Subject:	REDHAT, LILO, MBR INSTALL Problem
>
>Greetings,
>
>I'm really sorry for posting this - I have trawled the archives and the
>FAQ, and seen loads of LILO install questions, but none seem to mention
>this specifically...
>
>I'm trying to install REDHAT 4.1 one of my PC's. The PC is IBM 200+
>(pentium) on an ABIT SM5 MB (softmenu) with a 3.1gig EIDE Maxtor drive,
>32mg RAM, Matrox Millenium.
>
>I'm aware of the LBA/Cylinders issue and the drive is set to LBA.
>
>Initially I installed REDHAT into it's own partition but kept the
>primary that Memphis was installed on. When it tried to write the LILO
>it failed. It wouldn't write to the MBR, or the LINUX partition, or a
>floppy.
>
><later I learnt this was bound to fail due to the LBA issue - fine
>that's why I'm installing it - to learn>
>
>A lot of partition shuffling later (partition magic) I tried again with
>the unix system partition within the first 500mb of the drive, but still
>with a primary memphis partition. Failed with the same problem.
>
>Fine - so last night I completely repartitioned my disk with FDISK
>inside the REDHAT install, and created only one partition within the
>first 250 mb of the start of the drive which was soley for REDHAT (bye
>bye Memphis), set it to active, and a linux swap partition in the next
>50 mb, rebooted and continued the install.
>
>Failed at the same point again. Hmmmm.
>
>So I then rebooted, type  "rescue" and when asked put in the support
>disk. The machine will then appear to boot into REDHAT and comes up with
>the # prompt when an LS shows the kind of directory structure I would
>expect from a UNIX box.
>
>I really would appreciate any help, I've heard of this product LOADLIN
>and had a brief look at it yesterday before I killed my MEMPHIS
>partition but I would prefer not to use it.
>
>Thanks
>
>Ed
>
>
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